“We are God’s sharecroppers. We tend the earth and its riches for someone else’s behalf. We are expected to represent God’s interests, being as generous with each other as God is with us. We are not owners. We were never meant to be. It is not the American way, but it is the kingdom way, and I will tell you something: the harvest will take your breath away.”
Barbara Brown Taylor, author, teacher, and renowned preacher, from “God’s Sharecroppers” in The Healing Word: Gospel Meditations for the Soul