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We come at last to the end of our exploration of Jesus as the Bread of Life in the gospel of John (Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost....

We now enter our fourth week of reflecting on Jesus as the Bread of Life. We have left literal bread a long way behind us and are now...

Our exploration of Jesus as the bread of life is half way through this week. At this point we may begin to find the text repetitive, even...

Last week we began the exploration of Jesus as the bread of life by reflecting on the fullness of God – the great enoughness out of which...

And so we begin a five week “detour” from Mark to explore in some depth the understanding that Jesus is the Bread of Life. (Tenth Sunday...

“... and Jesus had compassion for them because they were like a sheep without a shepherd ...” (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56. Ninth Sunday after...

The story of John the Baptist, from beginning to his brutal end, is intriguing and challenging. Sadly in our time, and maybe for most of...

“Follow me”, is a reoccurring refrain of Jesus, according to the gospel of Mark. And this week, as we reflect on the rejection of Jesus...

The gospel account of the two intertwined healing stories as told by Mark (Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Proper 8 (Ordinary 13) Mark...

“Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” asks Jesus when awoken by the disciples in the middle of a storm. (Fifth Sunday after...

Growth, it would seem, is a mysterious, urgent, and risky process. The Scriptures suggest that growth and regrowth would also seem to be...

In Christ we are invited, indeed initiated, into belonging to something bigger than family. In Christ we are invited into a belonging...