Are our talents just things we are good at? Or is there a deeper connection between our talents and the goodness of who we are? 

In today's story, a depiction of the model disciple invites the zealousness of Jesus. 

What an odd church we have. Images everywhere of a man being tortured and executed through a means of state sponsored terrorism... And we sing hymns about it. 

Life is unfair, and don't we sometimes think it's particularly unfair when injustice and suffering happen to those who have faith? 

A good person and a bad person pray and Jesus throws the outcome upside down.

Deacon John tackles a very difficult gospel reading in which Jesus seemingly is very callous. 

Deacon John unpacks his favorite painting within the context of today's gospel

On the feast of St Augustine we ask, how is humility truth? How does humility correlate with being full alive?

How do we see each other? What would a community look like if we saw each other the way Jesus saw Nathaniel?

A Gospel passage that Deacon John did not want to preach about... Jesus' cutting words about Greed. For many modern day readers, has Greed become institutionalized? How is Greed linked to fear and what is it's solution?