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Simile Sunday: The Kingdom of Heaven is Like…

Lectionary Reflection for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Put on your literary hat and dive right in the midst of five parables that enable us to see what the kingdom of heaven is like and how we are a part of it. Photo by odysseus-thevoyager used under Creative Commons License. Thanks.

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What the Faith of Stephen Hawking Misses

For the believer, Jesus’ teachings about the Reign of God and the Kingdom of Heaven inform life in the present, not simply some future hope or escapist conviction. In this essay Dr. Mark D. Roberts comments on Hawking’s faith and how he misses an important point, one that stewards of life will recognize as important indeed.