27 August, Who?
In today’s Gospel Story (Mt 16:13-20) Jesus asked his disciples two questions: “who do people say I am?”, and “who do you say I am?”. The answers are noticeably different.…
August 20, Canaanite Woman
In today’s Gospel Story (Mt 15:21-28) a Canaanite woman asks Jesus to heal her daughter. The disciples try to send her away because she is not “one of them”. Jesus…
August 13, Storm
In today’s Gospel Story (Mt 14:22-33) some disciples are in a boat when a bad storm comes up and they are terrified. They see Jesus walking on the water and…
August 6, Transfiguration
Today’s Gospel (Mt 17:1-9) is the Transfiguration. Jesus takes some disciples up a mountain and shows them who he really is. Peter wants to stay there, but Jesus says to…
July 30, Pearl
In today’s Gospel Story (Matthew 13:44-52) Jesus talks about the kingdom of heaven. He never tells us what the kingdom is, but gives examples of what the kingdom is like,…
23 July, Weeds
Jesus used parables to shock the people, and us, into a new way of thinking and seeing things. In todays Gospel Story (Mt 13:24-30), he tells the parable of the…
July 16, Sower
Today’s Gospel Story is the Parable of the Sower, the Seed, and the Soil. It’s worth remembering that Jesus used parables to startle the people out of their complacency and…
July 9, Little Ones
In today’s Gospel Story Jesus talks about God hiding things from the learned and clever and revealing them to “little ones”. When we prayerfully open ourselves to Jesus in the…
@ July, Hmmmm
When we are open to the possibility, and are willing trust the Spirit, the Gospel Stories can speak to us in the setting of whatever is going on in our…
25 June, Fear No One
Today’s Gospel Story reminds us, among other things, that God is very close to us in everything. We don’t so much “find” God, we recognize God as having been close…
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