In the parable recounted in Matthew 20:1-16, the owner of the vineyard wasn’t under obligation to employ the particular workers he hired at the first, sixth, ninth, and eleventh hours.He could have gone to a neighboring town and rounded up some laborers from there. So, they were hired by his choice, by his grace, as a favor. Clearly no one else was hiring, so working in His vineyard was a privilege, a gift, not deserved by the workers.But the parable points beyond the realm of the workplace and economy. It is really about the Kingdom of God. The Lord is the one who seeks out, finds and ...