The dishonest manager–
first, it’s funny that the manager has to ask the debtors what they owe. Wouldn’t a manager who is doing his job know that?

My understanding from one commentary is that his cancelling part of the debt is cancelling his commission on collecting it, not that it is stealing it from his master. I didn’t know that before. And it makes the praise from the master make more sense

The story of Lazarus at the gate–Lazarus is miserable in life but receives comfort eternally. The rich man wants comfort but gets none. He asks for Lazarus to warn his family so they repent. Abraham replies that they should listen to the prophets. If they don’t, nothing more will be enough to convince them

We have been given the same opportunity. Let it be enough. Let us have open hearts and minds t