In a Gospel that sounds more like a "how to" list for handling arguments, Jesus provides a powerful reminder for the power of listening. Listening is the first step towards reconciliation. It sounds easy, but Jesus knows it's trickier...

Just like Peter, we are often the stumbling block that gets in the way of enacting God's kingdom here on earth. We may lose things on our journey to follow Jesus, but there is one thing we can never lose- God's gift of grace.

Isaiah provides words of hope in the midst of difficult time, led by the advice to LOOK. LISTEN. LIVE. Our hope is shared with all of those who have walked before us in the faith, including Christ himself.

Guest preacher, Rev. Franklin Ishida, names the nasty way that Jesus treats the Canaanite Woman. Our task is to break down the barriers of "otherness" that often separate us from God and each other. This requires a radical sense of love and...

The Feeding of the 5,000 is a miracle facilitated by Jesus, but carried out by the disciples. The work of God's Kingdom is never done and therefore we must never let life circumstances get in the way of our role in it.

Jesus continues to teach through parables of daily people and tasks participating in a heavenly kingdom, a kingdom open to all people.

Life is messy! The weeds of evil invade our beautiful fields of wheat, but Jesus tells us to let them be. Instead, we are called to love the weeds, and leave the judgment to God.

The "Parable of the Sower" is a classic story of soils (good & not), but really it's all about abundance in sowing the seeds of God's Kingdom.

Jesus is aware that some truths are simply hard to face, but he offers us rest and an opportunity to work together for the sake of ultimate truth revealed in God's Kingdom.