Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 2, 2026
Jesus says, "Come to me, all who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." In the name of, the Father, the Son and the
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The Parables of Jesus play such a significant role in the work Jesus does first as "teacher", drawing people into meaningful relationship, coming to understand and receive Him as the
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There is no way around the imagery Jesus uses in this segment of his parable of the sower and the seed as it becomes a parable of the weeds. There
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For a lot of us, as 21st century urban dwellers, this imagery and parable language of planting seeds and rocky soil and weeds and harvesting may sometimes be kind of
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God's messenger, John the Baptizer, didn't quite look the way or sound the way many people expected a prophet to look, behave and talk. Jesus, Son of God, "hung out"
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These three words, " Receive, Give, Reward" can together sound very transactional. They can put us in mind deals and negotiations and bargaining towards profit, the standard stuff of the
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Jesus is preparing disciples for serving in the role of apostles. He is teaching them about the distinct difference between being students / followers, to becoming the ones sent out
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The social, religious, and even political climate Jesus was experiencing was a time of tremendous change. Lots of things were shifting, being challenged and changing. It seems that everywhere he
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Instead of separating himself from “tax collectors and sinners” like many religious leaders have, Jesus comes to dinner, sharing a meal but even more we notice that Jesus has been
Continue readingHoly Trinity, First Sunday after Pentecost, May 31, 2026
We need to be really clear in remembering that the first group of disciples were a lot like we are, we are a lot like them. They walked with Jesus,
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