... the Son — the living word of God — comes to us, confronts us, and calls us to a new understanding. That moment — and how we respond to it — will be the moment when this parable is fulfilled. If we have ears to hear, our rage and our conviction will be the moment the gospel comes alive for us. Amen. 1. Amy-Jill Levine, Short Stories by Jesus (San Francisco: Harper/One, 2014). 2. Ibid., p. 4. 3. Cynthia Jarvis, Feasting on the Gospels (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014), p. 178. 4. Ibid., p. 180 ...
