Isaiah 55:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21 It’s hard to know what there is new to say about this story which shows up in all four Gospels: a story which you and many of those who gather likely know by heart. It takes little to recall the energy of the massive crowd, the disciples’ frustration, the apparently meager …
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This Miracle: Then and Now
Matthew 14:13-21 I have not been able to get away from this all week — my wondering at what this must have been for Jesus. To have received the terrible, terrifying news of John’s gruesome death. To have stepped away from it all by himself, tending his own grief, no doubt, his own fear at …
More Than Enough: Twelve Baskets Full
Matthew 14:13-21 Whenever Jesus starts feeding people — or for that matter, anywhere people are fed in the Bible — we always hear a story of abundance, of unexpected gifts, of needs being met to satisfaction, even if it’s not fancy. This is, of course, the case in Matthew’s Gospel as it is in the …