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Choosing to Avoid
In the disturbing story of John the Baptizer’s death, we are invited to see the power in creating a delusion of false helplessness.
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The true seduction in the gospel
Reading the story of Salome is an opportunity for us to uncover the truth that we’d rather keep hidden: about power and control.
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Why is this a terrible decision?—for Proper 10B
It is easy for us to see what is terrible about Herod’s decision in the gospel this week. But we must focus on the implications of it all.
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A Strange Interlude
The first in a series of reflections on the gospels. In this one, we dive into Mark 6:14-29.
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What not to do
For SundaySeventh Sunday after Pentecost Collect O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you…
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out of regard for his oaths and for the guests
In Mark 6:14-29, the famous death of John the Baptist, we get a scene so absurd we might miss what’s right in front of us. When Herod went to see a therapist to justify killing John Proper 10B | Mark 6:14-29 If he had had Charles Dickens to draw on, Herod might’ve described this as…