What does Jesus mean when he says that he is not bringing peace to the earth but fire and division?

The surprising reversal of the kingdom of God 

A reading of my Sunday Bible blog entry for the Gospel text for this week. What makes a person a fool?

What does Jesus mean when he says ask and you shall receive? What is prayer?

What if we treated the Martha and Mary story differently? What if we saw them as exemplars of the duality within each person?

This is not the story of the Good Samaritan. It is the story of the Ordinary Samaritan, the Hollow Men, and the Wrong Direction 

Another reading on first-century discipleship that needs translation to the twenty-first century. The base unit of first-century life was the family, the base unit of twenty-first-century life is the individual.

Jesus, in the reading for this week, Luke 9:51-62 is talking about living in fear

Jesus goes to the region of the Gerasenes. there he deals with possession, oppression and occupation.

What can the Day of Pentecost mean today?