Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!  Amen.  Today’s Gospel lesson is an iconic moment from Jesus’ earthly ministry: the night he walked on water.  Generations of film makers have tried to capture the wonder of this event through CGI and other special effects.  But we […]

Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!  Amen.  The feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle story that occurs in all four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).  Each gospel writer conveys varying levels of detail (for example, John alone mentions that a little […]

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Amen. “…The Spirit helps us in our weakness.  For we do not know what to pray for as we ought…” (Rom. 8:26, ESV).[1]   “Lord, teach us to pray…” (Luke 11:1). According to the Apostle Paul, we don’t […]

Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!  Amen.  Today’s Gospel lesson is the first in a series of several parables we will hear over the next three weeks.  Matthew 13 contains more of Jesus’ parables than any other chapter of Scripture.  But what is a parable?  […]