Thomas P. Schaller

This is a very short book - apparently only 26 pages in paperback. So, more a booklet than a book. Essentially it takes the Biblical parable of the workers in the vineyard (Matthew 20), and expounds on it.

The writing is good, and the points made are very clear: that God's grace supercedes what we often think of as 'fairness' or 'justice'. There are lots of books which explain this message at length, so it was quite interesting to read an account based almost entirely on just this one parable.

Having said that, it didn't say anything that I had not previously read several times before, and although it wasn't a long book at all - one I could easily have read in one sitting - I kept finding myself forgetting what I had just read - and then needing a break. It wasn't that there was a whole lot to ponder, although some of the reminders included in the book were quite encouraging. Just that the style was pretty similar throughout.

While there are some examples given, they are all quite impersonal and in places it read almost like a sermon rather than a book.

Still, my Kindle edition was on special offer, free to download, and there wasn't anything I disagreed with. Worth reading if you can get it free, and if you want a reminder about what grace means without reading a full-length book.… (altro)