[Continuing the year-long series Journeying in the Gospel of Mark] Mark 3:1-12 There is a significant introspective controversy presented in this week’s reading. The healing of the man with the withered hand is somewhat anticlimactic, because Jesus responds to the legality of… More

Mark 2:23-28 This week’s selection in our 52-week reading plan for The Gospel of Mark is short in length but long in depth. This quick teaching is essential, indeed foundational to any spiritual seeker journeying the unfortunately hazardous roads of… More

[Continuing the year-long series Journeying in the Gospel of Mark] Mark 2:13-22 “Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” One leading, contemporary scholar writes: “As was true normally in the ancient Near East, to have a fellowship meal… More

[Continuing the year-long series Journeying in the Gospel of Mark] Mark 2:1-12 The story of Jesus healing the paralytic lowered through the roof by four friends is a favorite for many Christians. There is audacity, courage, loyalty, the destruction of property, and… More

[Continuing the year-long series Journeying in the Gospel of Mark] Mark 1:32-45 In verse 43 and 44 of this week’s selection we encounter the first hint of a secret. Jesus sternly warns the man he healed who formerly suffered leprosy, “See… More

[Continuing the year-long series Journeying in the Gospel of Mark] Mark 1:16-31 is how Mark begins to tell us how Jesus became so popular so quickly. While Jesus was teaching a man with an unclean spirit walked into the synagogue. We are not… More

Today I started reading the Gospel of Mark one passage per week in 2016. What’s my goal? As with any scripture reading and study, my goal is to be transformed. I want the words, images, and ideas of the Gospel of… More

Welcome 2016! With the strike of midnight on December 31, each year we sing Auld Lang Syne, toast what has come before and what is yet to be, embrace those we love, and dedicate ourselves to the renouncing of undesirable… More