This morning’s gospel reading may seem to you to be a bizarre and disconnected collection of sayings by Jesus and you wouldn’t be totally wrong. I suspect Jesus did not say them randomly back-to-back as they are listed here, but Mark has chosen them to make a point and I hope we can tease thisContinue reading “18 Pentecost 2021”
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15 Pentecost 2021
This morning we heard two healing stories about Jesus. Both of them a little controversial and open to multiple interpretations. I would like to back up a little bit and start with a short geography lesson and a recap of what we have heard in the last few weeks to get a better feel forContinue reading “15 Pentecost 2021”
8 Pentecost 2021
Between Mark and our lectionary we have gotten the 6th chapter in what probably feels like a random selection. Especially today when we have a bit from the middle and a bit from the end of the chapter, so let me give you a brief overview of this chapter. We began three weeks ago withContinue reading “8 Pentecost 2021”
5 Epiphany 2021
Freedom and obligation. The late teens and early twenties are an exciting and scary time for most people. Driver’s licenses, dating, jobs and/or college, marriage, apartments, voting, drinking, military service, bank accounts, taxes just to name a few. There are a host of things that you were not allowed to or didn’t have to doContinue reading “5 Epiphany 2021”
