Jesus is in Caesarea Philippi and that matters when he tells the disciples that he is going to build the church 

The Canaanite woman is a story that turns her world, Jesus’s world and ours upside down

Jesus walks on the sea; Peter walks on water. What’s the difference? And what was Peter doing?

What can we take from Jesus feeding the 5000? In what ways are we fed in this story?

Jesus’s short parables of the kingdom, what do they have in common?

What to do about evil? The parable of the weeds and the wheat 

The Parable of the Sower. What does it mean that the seed is sown everywhere?

In this week's text Jesus, in a counter-cultural move, invites us to rest

What does it mean to welcome God?

Do you hate your parents? Jesus said you should. Or, maybe he was saying something else...