Jesus Christ’s parable of the wheat and tares provides such a curious visual representation of the last days. The sower sows a field of wheat. At night, an enemy creeps in and sows tares among the ...

All through the Word we see the harvest spoken of. I found myself in Matthew 13 as I studied on this topic. I was challenged and encouraged to live as the Good Gardener (John 15) revealed His ...

Pope Francis reflected on the parable of wheat and the tares during his July 20 Sunday Angelus address. “The teaching of the parable is twofold,” he said. “First of all, [Jesus] says that the evil in ...

It’s not often that I connect the Sunday lectionary with my observations here. But The parable of tares, or weeds (Mt 13:24-30, 35-43) offers wisdom for the circumstances we face today. For reference, ...

When we think of a fall harvest, we think of fruits and vegetables such as apples, cranberries, grapes, pumpkins, and squash. We might think of spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. There are ...

Jesus used stories with riddles, called parables, to teach heavenly realities with earthly images. In Jesus’ teaching about the Kingdom of God, He taught about a sower and different ways that seed ...

You can't fix the mortgage mess if you don't understand what caused it. That's not finger-pointing. That's common-sense. A Biblical parable offers insight into why bad mortgage loans now threaten ...

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