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Between Proper 11 + 12 (Year B)
Our gospel this week switches over to John 6, which tells the story we skipped in Mark 6. It’s just that this version is a little different.
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To Soften Our Hearts
As followers of Jesus, we are comfortable with the idea of the Good News as work. Less so with what that means for our lives.
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The Art of Softening Hearts
A poem for the family, for peace and hope and love, for the time and willingness to be together, to make things more real, alive.
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And we keep at it
In the pattern Jesus invites us into: work, rest, move: we get to see a life of opportunity, learning, growing, and ultimately becoming more alive.
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The Command to Rest—for Proper 11B
In our gospel this week (and next), we are reminded of the work and the rest; of the rhythm of a life spent with purpose, and Sabbath.
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Rest is not optional
We treat rest like it is optional. Like we can just work all of the time. And like that idea itself is good. But it is as ridiculous as it is wrong.
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Between Proper 10 + 11 (Year B)
In this week’s gap in the lectionary, we have a familiar story—that fleshes out the wider story more fully…if we read it in its context.
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