This reading begins with another parable plus explanation. Matthew inserts two short word pictures between the parable and ...

Looking at what the lectionary leaves in, we find the rare parable that includes the backstage discussion from ...

Jesus challenges our view of what it means to follow. John’s “wowser” approach wasn’t to everyone’s liking, and ...

What is this passage about?  Is it about the disciples, the twelve?  Yes, of course it is. These ...

A prayer of David. 1 Hear me, Lord, and answer me,     for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my life, for ...

Matthew 9:35-38 Jesus is in ministry, and talking with his disciples about the need of the people and ...

Matthew was an unlikely disciple; he was a tax collector. Tax collectors were among the most despised group ...

Today we celebrate the Ascension and the Holy Trinity.  This lesson does not speak of the Lord’s ascension ...

There’s the rub Back when I lived in Hobart, I had a friend of whom I was quite ...