Mark 6:1-13 I have paused in this portion of Mark’s Gospel or Luke’s parallel countless times by now. In fact, this has been the case so many times that by now nothing much surprises me — except for the ways in which it comes alive just outside my door from time to time: I was …
Month: June 2021
Twelve Years: Pointing to the Fullness of God
Mark 5:21-43 There is so much richness in the stories before us now. There is courage and fear, despair and hope. There is power and generosity and joy in the healing we witness. And there is, as always, our wonderment at all of its meaning for us. I found myself returning again and again to …
In the Storm: Who Is This One?
Mark 4:35-41 I cannot help but believe that all of us have experienced something of ‘storms’ in these last many months in a way perhaps we never did before. And no, not only the sort of midwestern squall which passed through here the other day, bringing much needed rain to the drought which is already …
The Wonders of God All Around Us
When you open this, I will just be returning from a Civil Rights Tour I am helping lead, so I will not have the space to offer something new this week. It is that time of year when where I live you can see evidence of Jesus’ words all around us. Indeed, last summer in …