The Third Steward

I feel compelled to ponder the contrast between the homily Sunday and today on the same Gospel passage. On Sunday the third steward of the parable was described as prudent, like many nowadays not trusting the banks, not wanting to risk what they cannot affort to loose.
Today the homily's point was from a completely different direction as an encouragement to increase the influence of the Word of God we have been given and not to "bury" it.
Could both be right? The Word of God is much more valuable than mere money yet we are to be good stewards of "little things" like money as well. We are told not to cast pearls before swine, not to share the Word of God to those who would not hear it. Perhaps we are called to be both kinds of stewards at once, guided by the Holy Spirit Who blows God only knows where.