The grace of living togetherProper 22B | Mark 10:2-16 We definitely have a spicy gospel today! Is this a three-pepper dish or four? There is some heat. Marriage, divorce—and Jesus’s hot take on both is something to behold, isn’t it? But first, let’s remind ourselves that Jesus …
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A Word: Radiate Love
Sharing the liberating love of JesusProper 18B | Mark 7:24-37 This week we get a couple of stunning stories of grace that sound different from what came before. The evangelist we know as Mark is famous for his punchy prose, its sense of urgency and pace (everything is suddenly and then), but …
A Word: Grace for All
And how Jesus challenges expectationsProper 16B | John 6:56-69 Reading this gospel passage this morning—it offers us kind of a gloomy, how’d-we-get-here vibe. Doesn’t it sound like a low point? When the mission doesn’t just seem hard, but kind of unpopular. Like the path they’re on can’t …