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Over the past months in the Sunday lectionary, our gospel readings have featured some of Jesus’ parables—simple stories on the surface, but with hidden depths. They are about God, about us, and about the surprising ways grace breaks into the world. This week, Luke’s Gospel chapter 15, features a shepherd and his sheep, a woman and her coin. At first, it sounds like practical advice about searching and persistence. But look closer: the context matters. Jesus was being criticised by the religious leaders for welcoming and spending time with people who did not follow their interpretation of the law. In [Read More]

In the busy moments of life, we can perhaps often overlook the subtle ways our choices ripple outward. A careless word, a fleeting decision, can set the course of days, months, even years. There is a rhythm to life related to the effort we put into our work, the care with which we speak and plan our actions. Words, for instance, carry weight far beyond their sound. A kind word can open doors that no amount of effort alone could reach, while thoughtless speech can erode trust, slowly wearing away the very foundations we rely on. Similarly, our daily habits [Read More]

In Luke 22, we find Jesus sharing His final Passover meal with His disciples. This sacred moment, which we now know as the Lord’s Supper, pointed forward to His coming sacrifice. Yet even in that holy setting, the disciples quickly shifted from worship to pride — arguing about who among them was the greatest. It’s a sobering reminder for us today. How easily we can go from taking the bread and the cup in remembrance of Jesus to slipping back into self-centeredness and ego. But in that upper room, only one Person was truly great: Jesus Himself. And instead of [Read More]

28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29 In Luke chapter 12 when Jesus tells us, “Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division,” it can stop us in our tracks. After all, isn’t He the Prince of Peace? Didn’t the angels proclaim at His birth, “Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to those on whom His favour rests”? And [Read More]