1 The Sower
How a people who lived with a religion of walls and the fear of not measuring up, heard about a God of generous grace and love who never gives up on them.
2 The Weeds Among the Wheat
How Jesus encouraged his band of radiant followers, and warned those who sought to drag them back to the stifling requirements of law and ritual sacrifice.
3 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast
Two stories that tell us the world is getting better, not worse, that the peaceable kingdom is advancing, and that we can possess an optimistic and beautiful worldview.
4 The Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and Prodigal Son
Three stories through which we learn that there is no part of the world, no matter how lost or godless, that has not been found by God in Jesus and reconciled to God.
5 The Hidden Treasure
How Jesus preached good news to multitudes of the departed, what happened next, and how I finally understood Halloween.
6 The Wicked Tenants
Why we boast in the cross of the Messiah who put the purveyors of sin-conscious religion out of business, and proclaimed that we are enough.
7 The Bags of Gold
A story Jesus told hoping those who heard him would live totally awestruck by his incredible generosity, and share this amazing good news everywhere.
8 Lazarus and the Rich Man
Dramatic images are employed in a story that delivers a powerful rebuke to those who love money and refuse to cross the divide to help the poor.
9 The Good Samaritan
The 2019 Christchurch massacre - and how Jesus confronted prejudice against the different others who live among us; and demonstrated that God is truly the Father of all.
10 The Unforgiving Servant
Ending the myth of an angry God of punishment - who must have justice - and calling us into the forgiving flow of the God of unconditional mercy.
11 The Ten Bridesmaids
The wonder of seeing, of beholding the full blaze of what Christ has done for us, and the privilege of bringing others to the mirror so they can see it in themselves as well.
12 The Great Commission
Restoring the simplicity and joy of Church with a fresh telling of the mission Jesus gave his first followers.
13 The Pearl of Great Value
How finding a vision - a knowledge of such beauty - changed my life and ministry, and introduced me to new friends from across time and across the world.
