I have very limited experience as an actor with some small parts in a few plays. For every production though, I’ve been equally impressed and depressed by how much rehearsal time was required in order to get the play ready for public viewing. Knowing what to say, how to say it, when to say it, where to go, when to go, how to go and how to come back all has to be practiced again and again and again in order to get it right. Practice, practice, practice. Sometimes, doing something repeatedly is the only way to get it right. Take the women in this parable Jesus tells. She is seeking justice, but the cards seemed stacked against her. She is a woman; and she is a widow; and thus, she is pretty much as powerless as one could be in those days. The situation is even worse than that because the judge has no real interest in justice. He is corrupt and powerful. The judge doesn’t need to listen to the widow. The judge doesn’t want to listen to the widow. But the woman keeps coming back to see him. Again and again, she comes to the judge to push her case. Relentlessly, she comes, doing what she could and then doing it again and again and again, hoping, even hoping against hope, that she might attain justice.
Finally, the unjust judge grants her request. Maybe he is just tired of her, or maybe he is swayed by her persistence. We don’t know, but we do know that eventually, he decides in her favor. You can find the rest of the commentary on our website.
Thank you to guest writer Rev. John Wurster. | 
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