Jesus uses a parable of a persistent widow seeking justice to exhort his followers to pray always and to never lose heart. This commandment may be more demanding than it first appears. How are we to make every hour one of prayer with hearts turned always to God?
Angels are a complicated topic and not what most people expect them to be. Statuettes of wingèd, doe-eyed children in nightgowns have as little to do with angels as cola and polar bears have to do with Christmas.
The cross is a place of shame and death. It is not pleasant to look upon. It is the place where we see that which kills us, that which we would rather avoid. But it is also the place where God opens the gate to eternal life and begins our transformation from sin to glory.
Jesus teaches about honour, humility, moral assumptions about wealth and poverty, and the great inversion of earthly values that the kingdom of God promises.
