Mark 10:17-31 It is theoretically possible, I suppose, to live a ‘flawless’ life and still miss the point of it all. Or to think one has, as seems to be the case in the conversation that plays out between Jesus and the one who catches up with him here at this point in Mark’s Gospel. …
Tag: Pentecost 20B
Jesus Gathers the Most Vulnerable Into His Arms: Then and Now
Mark 10:12-16 I find I struggle for words today in the midst of this national conversation which cannot help but stir us up, some more viscerally than others. Indeed, this is true. I have been shocked and yes, sickened, by much of what I have seen and heard played out on the national stage in …
On Recovering Perfectionists and the Rich Man
Mark 10:17-31 My 7th grade home economics teacher called me a perfectionist. I don’t remember the occasion for this critique — and believe me, it was precisely that, for there was no kindness in her tone. I do remember being surprised, for I wondered then what could possibly be wrong with striving for perfection. And …
Choices
Mark 10:17-31 I am remembering today a conversation I had with my dad a long time ago. I was probably in college — home working for the summer. We were out in the garden late on a summer afternoon where he could have been leaning on a pitchfork digging up potatoes or loading tomatoes or squash …