Mark 10:2-16 Even after all these years of going around and around with the cycles of Gospel readings, I am still and always drawn up short by this one. Oh, one cannot argue with the truth of what is spoken here. Without a doubt, God does not intend that what is meant to be such …
Tag: Pentecost 19B
“And That the Lord Would Put His Spirit on Them, On Us…”
Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 I find that I am simply captivated by the scene painted for us in Numbers today: The faulty memory of the Israelites weeping over all they left behind in Egypt: the fish which came free, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, and the garlic. And their weeping complaint that now ‘there …
On Bandaged Fingers and Broken Hearts: Jesus’ Words on Divorce
If you are a regular reader, you will know that I already posted some reflections on this Gospel reading. However, since I attempt to get something online in a timely way so as to be in conversation with other preachers, often my thoughts crystallize between then and when I actually preach on a particular text. …
On Divorce and and All of Us Little Children
Mark 10:2-16 When I was a young pastor this was a particularly challenging Gospel to preach. It still is, of course, but close to thirty years ago one was especially aware of the mere handful in our midst who had been divorced. Now, though, I am hard pressed to think of a family which in …
Divorce Court
Mark 10:2-16 Before I begin, let me say I write these words with humble heart today, asking forgiveness, if needed, of those who know more of what I attempt to speak than I can possibly begin to comprehend. Even so, I am diving in here, with a certain sense that this is tender ground we walk …