I am looking out my window at our fig tree which is leafing out after winter dormancy.  The new leaves are light green.  Later in the year they will be darker and shiny, but now they gather in the afternoon...

A key to discipleship, at least as Jesus expresses it in Matthew 28, is teaching people to obey all that Jesus has commanded us.  Our discipleship is expressed, first and foremost, in our lives, in our actions and in our...