This parable in the Bible Luke 18: 1-7 from highlights the importance of prayer in our lives. “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, ...

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 from an ...

In the parable of the unjust judge and the widow, Jesus pits the most powerful figure in society against the weakest to show that persistence will out, especially in prayer. The arrogance of the judge ...

Find today’s readings here. I guess you can’t actually stop me if you’ve heard this story before, but Luke’s parable of the persistent widow is one of my favorites, not only because she is a role ...

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