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
Blogging Towards Sunday, September 20, 2015
Mark 9:14-32 Some religious traditions distinguish between saints (those who obey God’s will), and sinners (who disobey). Others set apart saints as super-holy sorts of superhero people. The latter would … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, September 6, 2015
Mark 8:27-9:1 This scripture is the heart of the gospel. It is the paradoxical good news of Jesus Christ. And yet it’s perhaps the hardest word to understand. Last week’s … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 30, 2015
Mark 8:14-30 M. K. Gandhi Is generally attributed with saying “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” He tweaks the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:38 : “”You have heard … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 23, 2015
Mark 8:1-13 We often want proof that God is there, a sign, something that will corroborate and confirm that God is and that God is there, and specifically that God … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 16, 2015
Mark 7:31-37 What does it mean to speak truth?.. to power?; that’s counter-cultural?; truth that’s transformation on both a personal and universal level? We struggle to know what it means … Continue reading
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