What is God like? A compassionate father who watches, waits and welcomes.

True repentance is a change of heart, not just a struggle to change or conceal behaviour

The disciples asked Jesus to `teach us to pray` - and he did for us too. Prayer is vital, even though the powers of darkness gather to make it difficult.

Jesus called people to love God. Mission is not just about getting more bodies through the church door.

Jesus surprised religious people by blessing a centurion, a widow and a sinful woman

Jesus explains that the poor and the weeping experience the Kingdom of God

Jesus shared and taught with his disciple. To live like Jesus we need to balance our `in`, `up` and `out`

Jesus argued with religious people, and broke or ignored rules they had added to God's word. What rules do you follow?

When Jesus called Levi to follow him he showed his disciples (and us) the importance of engaging with the unloved and marginalized

A Rabbi in the time of Jesus was expected to take the best students as disciples. The disciples in turn were expected to abandon everything and follow the Rabbi everywhere