by Lindsay Elliott | Sep 28, 2026 | Pondering With Prompts
Matthew 21:33-43 Lead in #1: Jesus tells stories that sometimes seem pretty far fetched, like in the story he tells in Matthew 21. What farm hands, looking to get paid more, would be so greedy that they would go so far as to do away with the farm owner’s son to get...
by Lindsay Elliott | Sep 28, 2026 | Homily Blog
In the story that Jesus tells, the first son says no, but then changes his mind and does what his father has asked. The second son says yes to what his father asked, but never gets around to it. If you’re like me, I’ve done both. What about the son who at...
by Lindsay Elliott | Sep 18, 2026 | Pondering With Prompts
Matthew 21:28-32 Lead in #1: In Matthew 21:28, after refusing to do what his father asked, the son “changes his mind” and does what he is asked. The Greek translation for “changed his mind” connotes a remorse for having fallen short of what a relationship requires....
by Lindsay Elliott | Aug 31, 2026 | Pondering With Prompts
Matthew 20:1-16A Lead in #1: In Matthew 20, Jesus tells a parable where workers who work only one hour are paid the same as workers who labored for ten hours. Naturally, when those who worked all day learn that they were not paid any more than those who worked only...
by Lindsay Elliott | Aug 31, 2026 | Pondering With Prompts
Matthew 18:21-35 Lead in #1: When Jesus tells us to forgive seventy times seventy, the point is not simply to add up the number of times we forgive. Rather, as we keep forgiving those who use their power in harmful ways that hurt us, that at the same time we take back...
