In this parable of Jesus, as recorded in Matthew chapter 20, we are challenged to reflect on how we determine what is fair.  Additionally, we may even consider how our own minds work to uproot gratitude from our hearts and replace it with seeds of envy. 

This podcast offers a reflection on the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13. In this story, Jesus offers us wisdom on how to cope with the evil in our world. 

The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Matthew 18:23-35 ) offers a tool to help us live a more liberated life.  "Daniel-san, for person with no forgiveness in heart ...  living even worse punishment than death." – Mr. Miyagi, (The Karate Kid, Part II) 

In this podcast, we'll consider Jesus's advice from Matthew 18:15-20 on how we might better get along with each other. "We must all learn to live together as brothers and sisters or we will all perish together as fools." - Martin Luther King, Jr. 

In this parable of the Sower and the Seed, we will explore what Jesus may have had in mind as he began to teach us about the Realm of God.  "Jesus said, loud and clear, 'I, if I be lifted up, will draw all to myself'; the church, louder and clearer, insisted he only meant some." – Rober Farrar Capon

In the Gospel of Matthew, we are told, "Jesus spoke everything to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable." (13:34) May we have ears to hear to what Jesus was / is saying … 

In this reflection on the story of Pentecost from Acts chapter 2, I’m struck by the initial evidence of the Spirit’s coming is the sanctified gift of language to break through the barriers of existential alone-ness that plague us all. “Any god concerned with me but not with you, is an idol.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel

In this reflection, we'll consider what Jesus might have meant by the phrase "Kingdom of God." Episcopalian priest Cynthia Bourgeault suggests, " You don’t die into it (the Kingdom of God), you awaken into it.  It is not a place you go to, it is a place you come from."

In this reflection on John 14:15-21, we consider how it is so much easier to worship Jesus rather than do what he told us to do. 

Catholic theologian John S. Dunne has observed, "To understand what God is doing and to do what God is doing are the functions of Jesus in the Gospel of John." If this is so, what might be the implications be for us as followers of Jesus?