Douglas Hunter

DOUGLAS HUNTER {[email protected]} is an independent filmmaker, author, and post-production supervisor. He lives with his wife, Michele, and three children in Pasadena, California.

Reaping Where We Have Not Sown

Articles/Essays – Volume 42, No. 4

Moments after hearing the bishop’s voice ask if I could speak on the importance of developing talents, another voice spoke the phrase “you reap where you do not sow” into my awareness. As we all know, these words come from the parable of the talents. The phrase is part of the address of the last slave to give account of his dealings to his master. He says: “Master, I knew you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed. So I was afraid and I went and hid your talent in the ground.