Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

People in love often do goofy things, especially when that love is new or just beginning. So by all accounts, God must really love you! Because the landowner in the parable Jesus tells today, the figure who represents God the Father, is goofy. And maybe a bit beyond that. Your Father in heaven doesn't want a herd of people driven by force or fear -- He wants a family. Love that turns the other cheek. Love like the landowner showed. So today we enter Passiontide -- the last two weeks of this Lenten season. And though the cross is now veiled, the love of God shines forth even more. The love of the cross. The victory of love.