W. Brian Lane shares some ways to use engaged learning techniques in church settings. Read more…
A Sower Went Out to Sow. . . . Again
By challenging the hearer as to whether they will “hear” and follow the teacher, the Parable of the Sower and the Soils (Matthew 13:1-9) offers a larger framework for considering parables as part of the Master Teacher’s toolkit.Read more…
A Sower Went Out to Sow. . . .
Today’s post on the Parable of the Sower and the Soils is the second in a series exploring Parables Jesus Told. The first post, Entrusted . . ., considered the Parable of the Three Servants, or, The Talents (Matthew 25:14-30), blog.emergingscholars.org/2018/05/entrusted/.Read more…
Three Questions for Lectio Vocatio
I encourage you to take a few minutes this week to give these 3 questions prayerful consideration. Read more…
Summer Book Suggestion: Every Job a Parable by John Van Sloten
The purpose of “Every Job a Parable” is to help kindle a new kind of vocational imagination, to help you experience God at work
more, and to help you read the parable that is your job.Read more…
Entrusted . . .
In the Parable of the Three Servants, or, The Talents, Jesus calls his disciples to be ready. They have been entrusted with the Lord’s work, the very Kingdom of God.Read more…
Science in Review — February 2013
One of my favorite Scripture passages is the parable of the sower. It’s botany! It’s metaphor! And it’s a rare parable to include an explanation… sort of. Sure, Jesus decodes the allegory for his disciples, but what is the application?Read more…