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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...

To discuss keeping Sabbath in our busy world where so much needs to be attended to, both superficial and very serious, may seem rather...

“He has been raised, he is not here.” We now know this to be the good news of resurrection, the best news. But how strange and impossible...

Two processions made their way into Jerusalem on the day we remember as Palm Sunday. One procession came from the west of the Roman...

Only week two of Lent and already we glimpse the heart, the task, the challenge of not only Lent but in some sense the very gospel and...

The journey of Lent leads us into the wilderness. But it does not start there! According to the gospel of Mark, Lent begins with Jesus...

What wonderful stories this week for those marking the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany. (Mark 1:40-45; 2 Kings 5:1-14; 1 Corinthians...