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Willing To Be Amazed
A recurring theme in the gospels is that people are astounded and amazed by Jesus. How many Christians actually are?
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Where are we in this?
This week’s gospel can be read shallow or deep. But if we go deeper, will we like what we find? About Jesus or ourselves?
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Only the Beginning
Moving from the call stories to Jesus’s miraculous ministry might leave us with the wrong impression that this is normal.
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Between the Third and Fourth Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)
Before we leave the call stories behind, we should really deal with what they mean for us. And for the gospel itself.
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Beacons of Christ in a stormy world
Being a beacon of Christ doesn’t mean we need to be perfect. It means we still need to help others even when we feel lost.
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Immediately
Mark’s gospel uses the word “immediately” a lot. But what if it isn’t literal or a figure of speech? What if the evangelist is getting us to see beyond our reality–to where the kin-dom already is? How the immediacy of Jesus reveals the presence of the kin-dom Epiphany 4B | Mark 1:21-28 Time travel. It’s…
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The New Authority
Jesus shows us why our ideas of power are only half right a Homily for Epiphany 4B | Text: Mark 1:21-28 Authority Today’s story about Jesus leaving the seashore and heading to the synagogue to teach is obviously about authority. It says so. Twice. But it gets a little complicated. Yes, it is about authority…