As the liturgical year draws toward its close, the readings for Proper 28 (Year A) call us out of complacency and into bold, active faith. Through the leadership of the prophetess Deborah, Paul’s encouragement to live as "children of light," and Jesus’s Parable of the Talents, this Sunday challenges us to reject fear, stay spiritually awake, and generously invest the gifts God has entrusted to us for the good of the world.