Read: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Meditate: Matthew 13:31-32 Reflect: I’m into ideas, vision, dreaming big. I like to think about all the possible opportunities and analyse an idea from every angle. Then I like to plan every step, taking into account all the possibilities—continually adding to the plan, preparing for what might happen next or how we might build on it in different ways. That’s all...
Read: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Meditate: Matthew 13:36 Reflect: ‘You’re not a Christian!’ is an easy accusation to throw around. If someone believes in a different way to us or draws different conclusions about aspects of faith, it’s easy to want to condemn them as not Christian. But we’re warned against this. That doesn’t mean that anything goes—we still have to dialogue with each other about...
Read: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Meditate: Matthew 13:23 Reflect: Seeing recent pictures of people gathered on beeches makes me imagine Jesus teaching this parable in a whole new way. In Matthew’s retelling, there’s a vast group crowded on the beech while Jesus is in a boat ready to teach them: what does he shout? Listen! I imagine they would have needed to listen attentively. In the context of them...