Crazy Talk: A Harvest of Violence

In the last days before his arrest, Jesus told a story which would have left his hearers stunned and struggling for a response. The chief priests, scribes, and elders recognized that they were particularly targeted by his tale, but it would have stung just as much for the average listener as well. In fact, the whole idea behind it is so audacious, so challenging, so absolutely crazy, that we've spent about 1500 years trying to defang it by changing and obscuring its meaning. After all, a simple parable which we can point at others to say that it's all their problem and not ours is so much easier to deal with, right?

This week's message from TSA-Napa. Listen with your ears and your brains, not your world-centered hearts...