"discipleship" Tagged Touchpoints
Finding God in the Weeds
We often want to pull up the weeds immediately. Jesus teaches a different way—one marked by patience, wisdom, and trust that God alone sees the whole field. Matthew 13 reminds us that God’s justice always arrives in God’s perfect time.
The Sower and the Wind
Isaiah 55:10-13 and Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 beautifully complement one another. Isaiah compares God’s Word to rain and snow that water the earth and always accomplish God’s purpose. Jesus builds on this image in the Parable of the Sower, showing that God’s Word is generously scattered like seed. When it falls on receptive hearts, it takes root, grows, and produces an abundant harvest of love, faithfulness, and transformed lives.
For the Harassed and the Helpless
Jesus travels through towns teaching, healing, and proclaiming the kingdom. Moved by compassion for the crowds, He tells His disciples that the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. He then appoints the twelve and sends them out with authority over unclean spirits and disease to freely proclaim the kingdom of heaven.
A DIVINE BUZZ KILL?
Grace and peace to you from the Mystery in whom we live and move, and have our being. Seek the true treasure that cannot fade. 17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder. You shall not…
Tattle Tails and Stumbling Blocks
Grace and peace to you from the Christ who calls us to walk the path of love, who dwells in all things, and through whom we bear the name of life and light. 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,[a] and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon…