The gospel today can make folks uncomfortable – one of the slaves gets thrown into outer darkness. While I believe that’s an excessive punishment, he did not do what was expected of him.
Ken Stiff, in his sermon, taught us that a “talent” was something that had value. In this particular story, we assume the talents referred to are coins. But he proposed the question, what if the talents were assignments/jobs? Thinking about it in that framework, what might be the talents given to you? What will you do with them?
The slave that buries his talent does himself and all those around him a great disservice. You don’t light a lamp and hide it under a bushel. Neither should we bury our talents.
Yours,
M.E.+
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