Weekly reflections on the Gospel proclaimed, offering interpretations approached with humility — attentive to the text, accountable to its demands, and aware of their own limits.
Matthew 5:14–16 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that […]
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Matthew 9:15–17 “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the
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The Hidden Treasure and the Pearl “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when
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The Sower and the Seed “Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when
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The Growing Seed He also said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain
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Jesus told stories. That much everyone agrees on. What those stories were, what form they took, what argument they were making, and who they were aimed at — on those questions, two thousand years of Christian reading have produced something that bears only passing resemblance to what was actually happening. This series is a recovery
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. — John 1:5, NKJV The Nicene Creed, hammered out in 325 CE by a council convened by an emperor who had not yet been baptized, produced a formula that has defined Christian orthodoxy ever since: lumen de lumine—light from light, true God from true
“Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to Him, ‘Rabboni!’ (which is to say, Teacher).” — John 20:16, NKJV Seven. Before it is a number it is a structure. Seven days and creation is complete—not merely finished but whole, the seventh day itself the completion that gives meaning to the six that preceded it. Seven
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“Then Jesus answered and said to her, ‘O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.’ And her daughter was healed from that very hour.” — Matthew 15:28, NKJV She had no claim. By every measure the first century world recognized, she stood outside the circle of covenant, outside the tradition, outside
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“En archē ēn ho Logos.” In the beginning was the Word. — John 1:1, NKJV The entire story of creation begins with just that: spoken into existence. In Genesis 1, G‑d does not gesture, does not craft with hands. He speaks. Yehi or—let there be light—and there is light. The Word is not descriptive; it is generative. It does
