Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 It seems to me that the stories Jesus tells today are offered to open up our hearts’ imaginations to see God at work in the world in unexpected and always abundant ways. Jesus does so by speaking of ordinary things: Like a tiny seed which grows into something tall and sturdy which …
Tag: Pentecost 9A
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 …