I love that Jesus includes whining people in this story! Can you hear it? It’s not fairrrrrr….how come he got more than me? Whoever has or had kids can hear…
The kingdom of heaven is like…Pretty much all of Matthew chapter 13 is focused on this one idea. What is the kingdom of heaven like? Last week we read how…
Some words just go together in sets of three. For instance, if I said small and medium, what would you say next? Large! Bacon and lettuce? Tomato! Larry and…
Now this is more like it! We’ve got Jesus’ face shining like the sun. His clothing bright white. On a mountain top! Playing host to two of the biggest names…
No one puts new wine into old wineskins. When we planned this series on the book of Matthew, that is what I thought I would be focusing on this week. …
“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is…
Groundhog Day was on Wednesday, which got me to thinking this week about making predictions. Apparently Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting whether we will have six more weeks of winter…
Do worries keep you up at night? Maybe you need to get yourself a Sorgenfresser! Sorgenfresser is a German word that means “worry eater”, and it’s also a collection of…
I wish I could have heard Jesus say these words. Did he have a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye when he said, “But if salt…