Saul stepped in at short notice to deliver this morning's sermon. He reminded us that God is the one who lifts us up. Drawing from Isaiah 5:1-2 he led us to consider the way God, as the vineyard owner, breaks up the soil, removes the stones, builds a wall & a tower, digs a winepress and then looks for a crop.

A deeper look at the life and ministry of Uriah the Prophet - a contemporary of Jeremiah who spoke a similar word but had a very different experience. What's fair and what's not fair may not be as obvious as what we might first think...