Mark
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Counting diamonds: Mark 9:30-37
The Roman custom of lifting a newborn infant probably underlies Jesus’s symbolic action in Mark 9.
When the gospel goes to the dogs (Mark 7:24-30)
If we are to get past our discomfort with the name-calling, we will have to look more closely and note what Jesus does with the word dog.
He is risen! Mark 16: 1-8
What has God done? Everything. What have we done in return? Nothing.
Palm Sunday (Mark 11: 1-11)
In Mark's Palm Sunday story, Jesus seems to have no understanding of rank.
Holiness: Sacrifice (Mark 8:31-38)
If you have denied your “self,” the cross you take up isn’t exactly yours.
Holiness: Sacrifice (Mark 8:31-38)
If you have denied your “self,” the cross you take up isn’t exactly yours.
Thy will be done: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Mark 1: 14-20
Those first fisher disciples left more than their nets by the seashore.
The waters of solidarity: Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:4-11
The baptism of Jesus is Mark's Christmas story.
The cross as good news for women
The passion narrative is the story of a series of violations. Is it good for us to find our identity in it?
The cross as good news for women
The passion narrative is the story of a series of violations. Is it good for us to find our identity in it?