The First Word: Before We Begin the Parables
June 22, 2025
Some stories warm the heart. Others expose it.
For the next thirty days or so, we will gather not as spectators, but as listeners beneath a thundercloud. Jesus is going to speak. And when He does, He will not argue. He will not explain. He will tell stories.
Not soft stories.
Not sweet stories.
But true stories.
Stories that wound before they heal. Stories t…