Art: John Everett Millais' "The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow" is almost as intriguing as Jesus' parable on which the image is based: A persistent widow unrelentingly demands justice ...

Our gospel reading today is yet another parable that our Lord Jesus Christ uses to teach his disciples and it comes from Luke 18:1-8… The Parable of the Persistent Widow. You might as well ...

Some might regard the widow as a model of persistence in prayer. But she goes to an extreme, being perceived by the judge as not only persistent but aggressive and maybe even dangerous. Are we to ...

Luke 18:1-8 Interpreting the parable in that light may open new dimensions to its teaching. The widow in this story represents the praying disciple, while the judge presides over injustice.

Maybe the persistent widow can teach me how. We learn about her in Luke 18: 1-8. In this parable, according to Mosaic law, ...

Salvation comes with the faith of those who rely not on their own merits but on the loving compassion of God, revealed in Jesus Christ who is the friend of the least and the humble, the sinners ...

Today’s parable from Luke 18 features two characters: a widow and a judge. ... The parable of the persistent widow encourages us to be bold and persistent in our prayers of petition.

What the ‘persistent widow’ can teach us about faith and patience. ... (Lk 18:8) Liturgical day. Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time ... Luke presents a widow demanding justice from a corrupt ...

The worship symposium closing service will be led by the Calvin University Capella and Hope College Chapel Choir, directed by Mark Stover and Eric Reyes with organist Rhonda Sider Edgington. Nicole ...

It's the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time and today's gospel reading is a lesson in perseverance and persistency. It is the Parable of the Persistent Widow, which you can read in Luke 18:1-8.