The return of temptation is a reminder of what our resistance to temptation is really about. Keeping faith in a life full of hope. And resisting our temptationsLent 2B | Mark 8:31-38 I still get chills when I read this passage. Peter, God love him, can’t stand the idea that …
Discipline
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I have long championed the use of words we might not fully appreciate. Words that have either lost their true meaning or those that have been narrowed by the way some would use them. Discipline is one of those words. It brings to mind self-control and …
A Word: Into the Wild
Mark doesn't tell us what is tempting Jesus in the wilderness. But we know what it is about. Because we know what tempts us. The seduction of temptationLent 1B | Mark 1:9-15 The first Sunday in Lent is always the Temptation in the Wilderness. And when we read Mark’s version, …