Yesterday I woke up at 5 a.m., put the coffee on, and decided to go to the park to watch the sunrise. My days usually go more smoothly when I begin by spending a few minutes reading something ...

Jesus often spoke in parables, or short stories with many layers of meanings. Perhaps one of the most famous parables is the story of the sower who goes out and indiscriminately sows seed. Some seeds ...

Some of the most impactful short stories come to us in the form of parables. Pithy, challenging, durable, and relentless, they encourage us to consider different ways of living and loving and being in ...

During the Lord's earthly ministry, Jesus often spoke in parables, which were earthly stories with a heavenly meaning. And the Parable of the Ten Virgins is among the most memorable (see Matthew ...

The chances are quite slim that any of you reading these words has never heard of the prodigal son. Some of you could locate the famous parable in Luke 15 or may know that it is the last of three lost ...