“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of...

He also told them a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own...

Quick note: after a sojourn through the passion and resurrection stories of Luke’s Gospel, we are now coming back to where we left off before Lent, just in the middle of Jesus’ sermon on the mount (except, of course, in Luke it’s the sermon on a plain :)) where he paints pictures of...

Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God. And so...

Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God. I love...

“And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” Sometimes you just have to wait. I somehow doubt that this is the way the disciples expected this encounter to end. Up to this point, after all, the...