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Overcoming fear in decision-making
I used to hesitate to interpret the parable in Matthew 25:14–30 about the kingdom of heaven, where Christ Jesus makes reference to the man who gave each of his servants a certain number of talents—a considerable sum of money—before he set out on a trip. When the man returned, he expected that his servants would have increased their talents, so that the man would make a profit.
Most of the servants doubled what they had been given. However, one of the servants buried his single talent out of fear that he might lose it or fail to make a profit. His master said, “Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury” (verses 26, 27).

April 27, 2015 issue
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Letters
Sue Niebel-Schiller, Brightlight
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Joy in obeying God
Lynn Jackson
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Overcoming fear in decision-making
Mimi Lofgren
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Dispelling the illusion of resistance
Tim Terry
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The rosebud
Ken Cooper
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Understanding spiritual reality more and more
Kathy Fitzer
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God knows me, and error doesn’t!
By Whitney, third grade, California
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No more need for eyeglasses
Marlene Chatterton
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Injury healed
Hallie Keel
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Led home by Love
Zenta Kampars
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Child healed of asthma
Stacie Williams
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Love from China’s famed dissident
The Monitor’s Editorial Board
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Loving one’s enemies
Jen McLaughlin
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Caring for our mental home
David C. Kennedy