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Failure, control, and empowering kids in the church
The challenge of the Passion Predictions is that they force us to confront our failure to follow Jesus, to love in the way he teaches.
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Jesus leads with love—for Proper 20B
In the second passion prediction, Jesus again upends the disciples’ expectations (and ours) for a messiah, and for his followers.
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Bad News—our fear of talking about death
Most people, including Christians, have a hard time talking about death. And struggle with the idea that it can be good news.
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Between Proper 19 + 20 (Year B)
Between the predictions of the Passion, Jesus confronts a moment of failure for the disciples, helping us see our lack of focus.
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The Seduction of Empire—rejecting its offer of fake peace
In the turning point in the gospel of Mark, Jesus is confronted with Peter’s ignorance and empire’s promise of safe oppression.
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Are we willing to see the ways that poverty kills?
a poem (with commentary) about the relationship between poverty and suicide—and our common willingness to ignore it.
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Unholy Expectations
In Jesus’s first passion prediction, we encounter the language of Messiah and cross-carrying, which we need some untangling.
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The Turning Point—for Proper 19B
In this week’s reflection, we look at Peter’s proclamation of Jesus as the Messiah and what we should learn from mission confusion.
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