Dishonest Managers

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He answered, ‘A hundred jugs of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.’ Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘A hundred containers of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill and make it eighty.’ And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.” Luke 16:1-9 

Dishonest Managers

Patient and loving Creator

you are author of all truth

you set our moral compass

lead us in these confusing times.

We are surrounded on all sides

disease is increasing with no cure

dishonest managers shout victory

and fear is our constant companion.

Help us to rest in your deep wisdom

help us to be honest in all we do

give us insight where there is none

come dwell with the lowly this day.

We are hit from all sides but you hold us

we are prone to falling and you steady us

make us wise and loving in these times

so that your love might shine through us. Amen.