The Episcopal Church does not control how we interpret the Bible. So if you re searching for concrete and irrefutable stands on moral issues, you will go home disappointed. On matters of faith, each member of this church is asked to search their soul in prayer, look to the Bible for inspiration, and to be open to the teaching of clergy and the insight of scholars. Taking all of that, then, decide where you stand and how you believe. So the parable we heard this morning is one that Anglicans should love.
Reason comes into play.
A man had wo sons. He tells one, go to work in the vineyard. But later, for some reason we are not let in on, he changed his mind and went. The second son got the same invitation, go and work in the vineyard today. But, the second son never did go.