Monthly Archives: January 2021

(John 1:10-14a) We can be unwittingly passive, as believers. Even the name, “believers” says it all: we believe that God will turn up and do something. What we actually need to believe is that God has already equipped us with everything we need, so that we can get on with the assignments He gives us.Continue reading “Are you receiving this?”

(Luke 5:33-39, also Matt 9 and Mark 2) The Pharisees asked (actually, “accused” is closer to the mark) Jesus why John the Baptist’s disciples regularly fasted and prayed, and their own disciples also – but His disciples just kept on eating and drinking. Jesus answers them with three figures: the bridegroom and his friends; theContinue reading “New wine or old?”

(Matt 14:15-21) I touched on this a couple of posts back (Peter Gets It), but I find myself drawn back to Matthew’s version of the Feeding of the Five Thousand, because it reads differently from how we often tell it. It deserves a post of its own. We know the story (we think) – JesusContinue reading “You, you do it”