Sunday's Common

Jesus tells a parable about young women awaiting a delayed bridegroom to illuminate his instructions to remain at the ready. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus offers a strikingly different vision of spiritual leadership to his audience. (For those celebrating All Saints, see February 1, 2026: Blessed .) Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Which commandment is the greatest? Whose son is the Messiah? Back and forth questions lead us toward the God of unfathomable love. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Challengers hoping to trap Jesus with a question about taxes instead get exposed and schooled by his clever and profound response. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

With yet another parable, Jesus holds up a mirror to religious leaders and reminds them that God is deadly serious about inclusive, life-giving joy. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus tells a second vineyard parable that leads his hearers to pronounce judgment upon themselves. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus flummoxes the temple authorities with a question and a story that reorder everything. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus tells a story about a landowner who hires laborers for his vineyard and treats them generously, or unfairly, depending upon how your eye sees.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Peter asks Jesus how often a brother or sister should be forgiven. The answer is more than anyone would bargain for. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus offers a thorough process for reconciliation within his church along with a promise of his presence. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus drops hard truth on the disciples: the mission of the Messiah is not at all what they have in mind. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In Caesarea Philippi, Peter names Jesus the Messiah, and Jesus responds with a blessing and also a promise named church. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

After a dispute about purity laws, Jesus encounters a Canaanite mother and heals her daughter; maybe she heals Jesus too. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

On a dark and stormy night, the disciples of Jesus encounter a terrifying figure walking toward their battered boat on the sea. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In the shadow of John's death, Jesus advances life, healing many and feeding thousands. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven, and its disciples, with a dizzying string of comparisons. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus tells and explains another agricultural parable, this time involves wheat and lookalike weeds. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus tosses out a parable about the mixed destiny of the word in the world. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In the face of dismissal and rejection, Jesus offers praise to God and rest to the weary and weighed down. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus concludes his instructions to the apostles with hopeful words about receiving welcome and reward. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus continues his instructions to his apostles, delineating powers and priorities to remember when inevitable resistance and rejection come. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus looks with compassion upon the hurting crowds and begins to prepare his disciples to be dispatched as bearers of good news. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus champions mercy by calling a tax collector, keeping questionable company, and restoring two daughters to health and life. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

The risen Jesus commissions his followers to disciple the nations, baptizing, teaching, and remembering. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Jesus previews the Holy Spirit as a flowing river of living water. Send us Fan Mail Support the show