Voices of Faith offers perspectives from religion columnists. This week’s question: What explains Jesus’ impatience with the fig tree? A parable on leadership The Rev. Joe Nassal, priest at Precious ...

Some Peninsula residents want to establish a residential rehabilitation house for women ages 18 and over. They have named it the Fig Tree Haven for the parable from the Bible. ”I’ve had a vision for ...

In Luke 13, Jesus tells a parable about a barren fig tree. The tree is planted in a vineyard, which sounds weird, but fig trees were often used as trellises in vineyards. The owner is unhappy because ...