Mark
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March 28, Palm Sunday B (Mark 11:1-11)
Palm Sunday makes me cringe.
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.
February 28, Lent 2B (Mark 8:31–38)
Peter has guts. He reproaches the very one he identifies as anointed.
February 28, Lent 2B (Mark 8:31–38)
Peter has guts. He reproaches the very one he identifies as anointed.
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.
by Brian Maas
February 21, Lent 1B (Mark 1:9–15)
Jesus is attended to by angels—and wild beasts.
Repentance at the heart (3B) (Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20)
There’s a whole lotta repenting going on in these texts.
by Brian Maas
February 14, Transfiguration B (Mark 9:2–9)
Peter wants to capture that mountaintop experience forever.
February 7, Epiphany 5B (Mark 1:29-39)
Mark's Gospel provides tantalizing hints about Peter’s unnamed mother-in-law.
January 24, Epiphany 3B (Mark 1:14-20)
Jesus’ ministry shows that preaching has consequences. We should preach anyway.
by Brian Maas
January 10, Baptism B (Mark 1:4–11)
Readers of Mark’s Gospel know that a divine fragmentation could happen at any time.
Yanking out the tablecloth (Advent 1B; Mark 13:24-37)
Advent amid the rubble of 2020
December 6, Advent 2B (Mark 1:1-8)
Advent calls us to take the myths of Christianity seriously.
November 29, Advent 1B (Mark 13:24-37)
In Advent, we expect the unexpected.
Interpreting Jesus’ healings as a conflict with purity laws is dead wrong
Jesus’ conflict, Matthew Thiessen argues, was with the forces of death.
by Greg Carey