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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Chris Tufnell, a vicar in the Church of England. People get understandably angry about unfairness
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We talk about the gender pay gap, about big bonuses for people at the top
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about someone inheriting a fortune they didn't earn. There's something in us that cries out, that's not right
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Well, Jesus once told a story that pushes that feeling right to the surface
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Some workers laboured all day in the heat of the sun. Others turned up for just the last hour
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And shockingly, at the end of the day, the landowner paid everyone the same wage
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When the early workers complained to him, he said this, Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money
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or are you envious because I am generous? It's a killer line. You see, Christianity doesn't say
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you get what you deserve. It says something far more unsettling and far more hopeful
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It says that God is wildly generous to people who don't deserve it. That's infuriating for those
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who think they're deserving and a balm to the soul of those who know they're not
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The heart of the Christian message is that Jesus earned what we never could
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and then shares the reward with us. Not because it's fair in one sense, it's not
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But because God is wonderfully generous and kind
