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 …
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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 …
A Word: Becoming Great
And the generous dream of GodProper 6B | Mark 4:26-34 It is an odd development—to go from Kings are a terrible idea to I know his heart in just a few chapters. We might be lulled by the excitement for David—and his stature within tradition. Lulled by a sense of exception. That he is …