tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post4956330767452459629..comments2023-06-07T09:13:41.693-05:00Comments on Episcopal Chaplain On the High Ground: Called to Risk: Reflections on Proper 28 (RCL)Marshall Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807749717320495495noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post-57130888646472395342008-11-20T19:39:00.000-06:002008-11-20T19:39:00.000-06:00Actually, I think your last paragraph of your refl...Actually, I think your last paragraph of your reflection does move towards closing out my concern. God wants us to take the risk.<BR/><BR/>"It is not what we say or feel that makes us who we are, it is what we do. Or fail to do." J. AustenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post-66846988527250924162008-11-20T11:28:00.000-06:002008-11-20T11:28:00.000-06:00I see your point. I (obviously) would hope that i...I see your point. I (obviously) would hope that in fact the master would understand from his own business risks that sometimes we fail, and would be prepared to forgive risk that failed. Certainly, I depend on God's readiness to forgive me - and, as we all do, I hope he'll forgive me when I risk and fail, and when I'm also too afraid.Marshall Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807749717320495495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post-33641169717564515132008-11-19T21:46:00.000-06:002008-11-19T21:46:00.000-06:00I've always found this story to be unsatisfying. I...I've always found this story to be unsatisfying. It begs the question: What would have been the master's reaction if one of the slaves had invested the money and lost it all? <BR/><BR/>The problem with risk is that you can fail. If there's no chance of failure, there's no risk. And if you do constantly risk, you will sometimes fail.<BR/><BR/>If the master's response to the slave who did NOT lose money was to "throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth," I shudder to think what would happen if he LOST money!<BR/><BR/>Like I said, an unsatisfying story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com