Our gospel reading this coming weekend is from the gospel of Mark: One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The ...

Taking a break from our work one day each week for rest and renewal can be helpful for us all. The Sabbath day tradition gives us a weekly opportunity to slow down the pace of our busy lives and focus ...

As anyone familiar with the New Testament knows, Jesus frequently spoke in parables, and his statements often had a mysterious air to them. In this paper, I want to examine one such comment. “The ...