For three years Jesus had gone from village to village doing good, teaching and healing. Everywhere he went he was surrounded by crowds of people who listened to him, and sought things from him. It had been an incredibly full and active three years. Yet during all that time he…
As we go on in life we tend to set a higher value on the virtue of kindness — plain, ordinary, everyday kindness. When we look back on our lives we remember with regret acts of unkindness. But we recall fondly times when we acted kindly. Kindness is essential to…
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is probably the best known and best loved of all Jesus parables. Yet some maintain that it is an unfair story. They feel sorry for the older son, convinced that he got a raw deal. Some think the younger son should have been punished.…
A vineyard is a very special place, normally reserved for vines only. Yet in his parable Jesus talks about a fig tree which was planted in a vineyard. At that time this was not unusual. Soil was so scarce that trees were planted wherever there was soil. We are dealing…
On Mount Tabor God’s light burst forth from the body of Jesus, and he was transfigured. The three apostles were overcome with the beauty and brilliance of it. It was not a surface thing, but something inside shining through. In short: God was in Jesus. We too have the splendor…
