Blogging Towards the First Sunday of Advent, November 29, 2015
The First Sunday of Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16 & Luke 21:25-36 HOPE Advent is the beginning of the liturgical year. We begin, not with the birth of Jesus, but with the promise of … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 22, 2015
Mark 10:32-52 Why don’t more Christian people seem to do “Christian” things? Why is it that our political leaders often invoke religion, quote the gospel, yet lack the radical … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 15, 2015
Mark 14:12-31 What does it mean to be a Christian? Who is against us? Who is for us? These questions asked by the text this week, also reverberate throughout our … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 8, 2015
Mark 14:1-11 The past weeks we’ve been reading through a series of theological confrontations and verbal duels between Jesus and his adversaries (see Mark 11 and 12). Here the irony is … Continue reading
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