Tag: Matthew 22:1-14

  • Actual Love

    Actual Love

    The dark parable Jesus tells challenges us, not to learn what to do, but to recall and do what we’ve already learned from him.

  • The Condemned

    The Condemned

    The parable is dark and disturbing. It doesn’t play out as we expect. And we’re not sure what it is supposed to mean. But maybe we should.

  • Listening in parables—for Proper 23A

    Listening in parables—for Proper 23A

    There’s something about parables we just get. They connect with us better than any other teaching. And they have far more depth.

  • Being There

    Being There

    Our blindness to the presence of God is normal. But it is also an obstacle to our work of building the kin-dom.