The Word Around The Bush

Pentecost 19 The Wedding Banquet Matthew 22: 1-14

Jesus tells a parable about a wedding banquet that speaks out against the religious leaders of his day. This parable also gives an image of

Pentecost 18 – The Parable of the Wicked Tenants – Matthew 21: 33-46

At first a parable that seems very pointed and very clearly about people of another time and place, but perhaps this is also a parable

Pentecost 17 Water – Living Springs Gen 2: 4a-14 & Rev 22: 1-5

Water - Living Springs is the source of life that is imagined in both Genesis and Revelation, God breathes life into all of creation, and

Pentecost 16 Season of Creation 3. Outback: Sacred Spaces Matthew 3:13-4:1.

Outback: Sacred Spaces. When Jesus was forced into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit, his 40 days clarified who he was and his mission. How