Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A singlerpt mustard seed resting on the tip of a finger. Jesus was a master of teaching truths through parables. Jesus’ parables ...

The Bible has the power to generate new meaning in new contexts and thereby to affirm both unity and diversity in communities whose members engage one another around the text. To show students this ...

Starting today and the following two Sundays, the Gospel will focus on Jesus’ parables of the Kingdom of Heaven, found in Matthew 13. This week, we’ll hear the Parable of the Sower and Seeds. Next ...

I’ve been doing battle lately with invasive plants that are taking over a park near my home. Mile-a-minute, or Asiatic tearthumb (Persicaria perfoliata), is an annual vine with beautiful blue berries.

It’s fair to say Jesus’s parables aren’t used in popular conversation these days. Before passing a new law, imagine a politician starting with: “We must strive to build our national house on the rock ...

It's the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time and our Sunday gospel today talks about the Parable of the Growing Seed found in Mark 4:26-34. Our Lord Jesus speaks to his disciples in parables so they would ...

It is a growth parable. Parable Meaning Significance for today A man went out to sow grain. The man represents God and the seed is His message. Just as a planted seed starts to grow, the word of God ...