Tag: Mark 7:1-23

  • Liberated to Love

    Liberated to Love

    Christian tradition has a troubled past with purity, making it another thing to adhere to rather than a matter of love and grace.

  • Abuse of Tradition

    Abuse of Tradition

    The thing about claiming tradition is that it is precisely that: a claim. That doesn’t make it real, right, or true. We’re for the status quo.

  • Pure and good—for Proper 17B

    Pure and good—for Proper 17B

    How Jesus speaks to his interlocutors in this gospel can be troubling or exciting, but our focus must be what he is teaching his followers.

  • Between Proper 16 + 17 (Year B)

    Between Proper 16 + 17 (Year B)

    What were we up to before we spent all that time in a a different gospel? Here’s a recap of what we may have forgotten and where we’re going.

  • Not Me. Us.

    Not Me. Us.

    Jesus reorients us so we can see just how far we are from where we’re supposed to be headed. And that means changing focus.

  • What God Intends

    What God Intends

    In Mark 7, Jesus responds to a challenge over rule-breaking by exposing their hypocrisy. Is this just a takedown, or is he saying something else? The challenge of following Jesus isn’t doing or believing. It’s both. Proper 17B  | Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 We have to go back nearly two months. Back in June, we…