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The sabbath-stealing power of comparison
Comparing ourselves and other people is a perpetual and constant behavior we mistakenly believe makes us better.
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The false scarcity of good soil
Jesus doesn’t give us a challenging teaching here. It’s straight-forward. But our brains do something weird with it.
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Becoming Healthier Soil
The challenge of discipleship is not only becoming better or less bad. It is becoming self-aware enough to do either.
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It’s about change
In telling a parable about seeds and soil, Jesus invites us to transform our vision of the world from permanent division to open possibility.
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The protagonist is Jesus, but the story is about the disciples
I love talking with my Dad about church. He’s a priest. I’m a priest. Both of us are very traditional in many ways; very untraditional in many ways. And the best part is that they don’t always match. I greatly appreciate the way we talk, argue, explore, wrestle with our mutual vocations. Our talk last night…