The parable of the tenants and the vineyard owner (Matthew 21.33-46)  is a parable about a dispute over property and land. What might our world look like if we lost our desire to possess and protect our own property, how would life be if we stopped building walls to exclude and control others, and learned to live together with others peaceably? How are we, individuals and communities, using our properties to serve the purposes of our God? If the gospel of Jesus works itself out through people building a common life together, what could we do to encourage and shape that today?

A talk for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, 4 October 2020. Find the text to this and all my talks at bit.ly/johndavies-talks.