Mark 9:30-37
-
Let us all be free
•
9 min read
Jesus engages the disciples in their distraction and confusion—naming the way they are becoming the temptation to sin.
-
The Greatest Generation is our children
•
8 min read
In the turning point in the gospel of Mark, Jesus is confronted with Peter’s ignorance and empire’s promise of safe oppression.
-
Failure, control, and empowering kids in the church
•
8 min read
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.
-
Jesus leads with love—for Proper 20B
•
2 min read
In the second passion prediction, Jesus again upends the disciples’ expectations (and ours) for a messiah, and for his followers.
-
Jesus Keeps Teaching
•
8 min read
Jesus teaches about God’s dream for creation, even as those closest to him misunderstand. Even as we misunderstand.
