Presbyterian Mission Agency Matthew 20:1-16 Archives

Sermon during PC(USA) Chapel service offers powerful insight to a parable perplexing to many

Posted June 14th, 2023

During Wednesday’s online Chapel Service, the Rev. Carlton Johnson helped the PC(USA)’s national staff to celebrate Juneteenth a few days early with a thoughtful and provocative take on Matthew 20:1-16, the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard.

‘Keep a sense of wonder’

Posted April 23rd, 2021

With each of his guests on the podcast Leading Theologically, the Rev. Dr. Lee Hinson-Hasty opens with the same question: what is making you come alive? On Wednesday, the Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz, a PC(USA) pastor and the assistant dean of Admissions, Vocation and Stewardship at the Vanderbilt University School of Divinity, had a ready answer.

God’s vineyard parable exposes privileges taken for granted

Posted September 2nd, 2020

We are quick to feel aggrieved when someone seems to have an unfair advantage, but many of us have privileges that we may not even realize.