17th Sunday after Pentecost Jonah 3:10--4:1; Psalm 145:1-8; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 There is profound and uplifting spiritual power in the revelation that God has no pleasure in the death of anyone, even the unrighteous. God wants all his peoples to live (Ezek. 18:32, 33:11). This scriptural reality – brought to us by the lectionary …
