Jesus and the problem of authorityProper Last B | John 18:33-37 When we last gathered on Sunday, we heard Jesus announce a terrifying future, what scholars call “The Little Apocalypse” of Mark. I had prepared a sermon for it, even recorded the audio, before that foul beast named COVID …
kings
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 …
The Dream of God
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! When we hear Jesus try to explain God’s dream to his followers, it can help remind us that the words we use are always pregnant with possibility—and loaded with the baggage of experience. Jesus’s own descriptor, the Kingdom of God, is a reference to people …