I have the wonderful 3-volume set called “Imaging the Word,” which interprets one of each weeks lectionary readings through poetry, art, prose, and song. This week I was particularly struck by Joseph Donders’ words on Matthew 22: 19-22:

>[God] coined us in [God's] image…We are [God's] money and we should be spent…Money should circulate, we should circulate; money should go from hand to hand, we should go from hand to hand;…money should be used, we should be used:…money is going to be worn, we should be going to be worn. We should be spent, we are coins. God is trying to use us, to pay off our debts, to pay off the debts we owe each other here on earth…Let us risk being used, and we will be increased, and the end will be glory…

May we all be worthy currency in God’s hands today.