Herod’s twisted morality of absolutionProper 10B | Mark 6:14-29 Herod Antipas throws a party and tells his step daughter she can have whatever she wants. He asks her. And what she picks…is a little murder. Just, you know, an execution. A beheading to be precise. To offer her a …
Priority
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! In this week’s gospel, King Herod begins to crack up as he remembers what he did: he had someone kill John the Baptizer and put his head on a platter to fulfill an open-ended promise to his daughter. Its a weird, tragic story, full of emotions and our own moral …
A Word: Choosing to Live
Beyond the veil of changelessnessProper 9B | Mark 6:1-13 “You can’t go home again,” they say. It’s a phrase intended to temper expectations. Because we usually can go home, but it won’t feel like home. Or it may not be home anymore. Two weeks ago, I drove through Lansing, Michigan …