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Peter has guts. He reproaches the very one he identifies as anointed.
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.
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
Readers of Mark’s Gospel know that a divine fragmentation could happen at any time.
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
Youth ministry isn’t about fun
How one youth leader stopped being a chief counselor of fun and discovered something better.
by Andrew Root
February 23, Transfiguration A (Matthew 17:1–9)
God’s presence transfigures here, now, in the familiar.