Blogging towards Sunday, January 23, 2022
John 3:1-21 The gospel of John one of the four stories of the good news of Jesus (Gospel means good news) which tells his life, actions, words and mission. It’s … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 15, 2021
Matthew 13:1-17 & Romans 8:18-31 We are facing great change as a church, a people, a society and the world. Technology has irreversibly transformed how we live our days. Our … 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
Blogging Towards Sunday, November 1, 2015
Mark 12:35-44 We wonder if a tree falling in the forest makes a sound if there is no one there to hear it. Along those lines we might ask: is … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 25, 2015
Mark 12:13-34 The church is not immune to our surrounding culture. In a time of massive and continual change, we’re surrounded by partisan politics, polarizing pundits and contagious apathy. How … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 18, 2015
Mark 11:27-12:12 In last week’s reading (Mark 11:1-26) we saw Jesus enters the capital town of Jerusalem, fulfilling all that the Messiah-King-Leader would be and do to deliver the Israelites … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 14, 2015
Mark 11:1-25 Jesus calls us to be children of the light, to walk in the darkness and the light in the world, to walk in his Way and not stumble. … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, October 4, 2015
Mark 10:13-31 What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? What does one look like who does what Jesus did, living like him, loving abundantly and subversively as … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, September 27, 2015
Mark 9:30-50 The key phrase of the periocope (section of the gospel) is verse 35 “Whoever what to be first must be last of all and servant (or slave) of … Continue reading
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