The parable of the worker in the vineyard is hard to understand if we receive it as a message about strict justice or progressive labour laws. But what happens if we accept it as an invitation to comprehend God’s totally outrageous generosity?

When you think about it, God really is a brilliant psychologist. God recognizes the need for forgiveness and reconciliation for our souls.

We exist only in relationships: with God the Creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family, and with all of God’s creatures within our common home…

Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, Nelson Mandela and Ghandi — They were described as living their lives on the edge of the inside – they were just enough on the inside of the dominant culture or social system to know it with all its strengths and faults, but not at the centre where they would be too invested with much to lose. 

The canvas of need in our world is large. It’s PRIDE Week here in Ottawa and leaders are encouraging us to proclaim loudly and proudly what we know to be true — every child of God deserves love in their lives.

I persist in trying to look at this new and challenging way of being…I learn how to smile through my mask and to recognize the smiles of each of you as you wear your masks and let your eyes do the smiling. Transformation! I’m looking at a new world…