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My son the PK said no to baptism
For now, anyway. After our discernment together, I consider this a success.
John the Baptist is for Lent (Mark 1:9-15)
Not just Advent
February 18, Lent 1B (Mark 1:9–15)
Does Jesus hide from the wild beasts? Hurl rocks at them? Mark doesn’t say.
February 4, Epiphany 5 (1 Corinthians 9:16–23; Mark 1:29–39)
Paul knew something about being an obnoxious weirdo.
January 28, Epiphany 4B (Mark 1:21–28)
All those years in scribe school count for nothing when one rustic with charisma comes along!
January 21, Epiphany 3B (Mark 1:14–20)
The gospels don’t depict John as much of an organization builder.
Why baptize? (Mark 1:4-11)
And why would anyone baptize the dead?
January 7, Baptism of the Lord B (Mark 1:4–11)
As if he were working on an assembly line, John dips and raises, dips and raises.
The voices we hear (Mark 1:1-8)
It is noisy out there.
The eerie call of John the Baptist
His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.
December 10, Advent 2B (Isaiah 40:1–11; Mark 1:1–8)
There is a clear distinction between being comfortable and receiving comfort.
Faith comes by hand
Throughout scripture, human bodies are not an obstacle to righteousness; they are its location.
Faith comes by hand
Throughout scripture, human bodies are not an obstacle to righteousness; they are its location.
A New Testament that connects the heart languages of First Nations people
The translators hope that “the colonial language that was forced upon us can now serve our people in a good way.”
Are the heavens still torn apart? (Genesis 9:8–17; Mark 1:9–15; Lent 1B)
From where I'm sitting in 2021, it seems like maybe they are.
The freedom to care for others (4B) (1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28)
Perhaps Paul can help our anti-mask congregants recognize authority—or at least common sense.