You will likely be preaching the parable of the workers in the vineyard to a congregation of hardworking, rule-following people, writes Philip Gladden. This parable will offend them. What are we to make of it?
The writer of Psalm 103 sings for joy not only because he is gifted with steadfast love, but also because he is freed by it — free to shelter during life’s storms, free to flourish and grow as a child of God, writes Teri McDowell Ott.
Church is a team sport, writes John Wurster reflecting on Matthew 18:15-20.
How can you help challenge the common, negative assumptions? Brian Christopher Coulter looks at Paul and Howard Thurman for examples.
God is absent from the first two chapters of Exodus. But through the subversive and liberating activity of women, God is indeed at work. — Ginna Bairby
In Matthew 15, we see a Canaanite woman teach Jesus something about mercy. What does this mean for us?
Instead of focusing on Peter's ultimate sinking in Matthew 14, perhaps we should remember that Peter responded in faith, Philip K. Gladden writes.
Dana Moulds reflects on "willingness" and Jesus' feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew.
The kingdom of heaven allows us to see our ordinary lives in extraordinary ways, Jo Wiersema writes, reflecting on Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52.
Looking at the parable of the weeds in Matthew, Teri McDowell Ott discerns two calls for those who read the text.
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