Episodes
Sunday Jul 17, 2011
Pentecost 5A -- Schrödinger's Weeds
Sunday Jul 17, 2011
Sunday Jul 17, 2011
Reading: Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 Jesus tells the parable of the wheat and the weeds, where he touches on the problem of evil in the world. While he does not touch on the cause of the evil or answer why God might allow it to continue, the promise inherent is that there will be judgment and that the evil will be cast out.
Monday Jul 11, 2011
Pentecost 4A -- A Tree Grows in Granite
Monday Jul 11, 2011
Monday Jul 11, 2011
Reading: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 The parable of the sower takes a common image of farming and gives a strange twist. The sower casts seed about seemingly wastefully. The sower gives an image of God's abundance when it comes to spreading the gospel and our act of faith when doing so, trusting that the seed will not return empty.
Wednesday Jul 06, 2011
Pentecost 3A -- True Freedom
Wednesday Jul 06, 2011
Wednesday Jul 06, 2011
Reading: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 On the day before Independence Day, Jesus' invitation to take his yoke upon us might seem ironic, but his yoke is our true freedom