Mark 1:21-28 Very often when we listen to a story like the one before us now, we find ourselves wondering who we would have been within it had we been there. At least that’s what I find myself doing today as I imagine the events relayed in Mark’s Gospel: Would I be among the crowd — …
Month: January 2015
Gone Fishing
Mark 1:14-20 Or not… I know I’m not alone in this, but to tell you the truth, this has long struck me as a metaphor which breaks down pretty quickly. On the one hand, Jesus’ invitation to Simon and Andrew, James and John is simply brilliant. Without skipping a beat, he ties into the world …
God Calling in the Night
1 Samuel 3:1-20 “The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.” (1 Samuel 3:1) It was years ago now. I was still living in Rock Island and found myself traveling a great deal — so much so that it was …
The Father’s Voice
Mark 1:4-11 I came across my dad’s old compass a few weeks back. It was in a plastic bag nestled in a trunk which holds pretty much all the stuff of his that we have held on to. The trunk has been in a closet at my mother’s home and it was only as we were emptying …