Mark

In God's kingdom, sometimes less is more.

Did Jesus just call that woman a dog?

What does it mean to be seen as a defiled person?

I’ve stopped trying to climb over it or knock it down. Now I just sit there.

Read Tamar or Dinah's story with your church. Listen together for their cries.

According to Josephus, Herod Antipas desperately wanted to be called “king.”

Is this passage more than a cautionary tale about the tendency to stuff a suitcase to the gills?

Jairus knows the weight of justice delayed as justice denied. But he keeps moving.

The wind and water operate at a guttural level within these fishermen disciples.

The apostles are on fire in this Gospel passage. I don't always get along with people like that.

It’s a beautiful plant. It’s also an invasive weed.

Put your ear to the ground. You will not detect a single note of good news in the story of Herod, Herodias, and John.

Yes, Jesus is possessed—by a new vision of what it means to live in community and in relationship with God.

The final lesson in Discipleship 101: learning to fall

My forebears were a little shortsighted with their strict sabbath codes, but they weren’t entirely wrong.

My forebears were a little shortsighted with their strict sabbath codes, but they weren’t entirely wrong.

The woman's presence in a crowd is an act of civil disobedience.

What do we miss when we seclude ourselves on safe shores of sameness?

My Western side longs for more activity in this parable, but I'm trying to listen to my Eastern side.

When Jesus names the need for deep social change, people think he's possessed.