#ordinary 11

This week we see Jesus realize that he can’t do it all alone. No matter how powerful he is, how much he is God incarnate, he is also human, limited by the reality of time and space, bound by the laws of physics. He can’t be everywhere at once. He can’t help everyone, and there are so many people who need help, who need healing. So what does he do? The thing that every good leader does: delegates…

This week we have two parables that use seeds as their central metaphor. Planting them, growing them, harvesting them. These metaphors don’t really tell us anything useful about seeds or plants, (mustard is not a particularly small seed nor a particularly large plant) but that’s not the goal here. The goal is to tell us something about the Kingdom of God. I’m seeing a couple of opposing pairs:…

In this week’s passage the religious leaders come to Jesus with gripes about how he’s instructing his followers and Jesus replies “oh yeah? Well your mom told me you don’t honour your parents” That’s a bit of a silly paraphrase, but seems to fit to me. The response here sounds somewhat exasperated to me. And I think there’s a good reason for that. If you flip back to the previous chapter you…