The Revised Common Lectionary has given us a pair of texts this Sunday (Mark 6:30-34, 53-56). They are shoved together so they appear to be one story, but actually they are separated by a whole eventful day. Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Story 1: The disciples return from their mission trip and Jesus takes them away for […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 6:14-29
This Sunday’s lectionary Gospel text is an odd one. Go read Mark 6:14-29 for yourself and let me know if you think so too. I’ll wait. Doo dee doo, dee dee dum … Okay, you’re back. Why is it an odd text? Here’s why I think it’s odd: Jesus doesn’t show up. Mark 6:14-29 It […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 6:1-13
This week’s text is one that always makes me smile. Mark 6:1-13 — Jesus Is Rejected in Nazareth In Mark 6:1-13, Jesus has come home for a visit, and when he teaches in the synagogue all his old family friends and neighbors are blown away. They just can’t believe that the kid they watched growing […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 5:21-43
The Revised Common Lectionary skips the evocative story of Legion and his many demons, and their demise in a herd of pigs who could not swim, much less fly. (Luke’s version will come up in Year C.) Instead we skip ahead on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time to Mark 5:21-43, another “sandwich passage.” As […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 4:35-41
This Sunday’s lectionary Gospel (Mark 4:35-41) is one I remember puzzling over when I was a university student. I had read it before, probably several times, since I started reading the Bible in high school. Maybe I’d even heard it preached. But I had never noticed this little story. I had never stopped and really […]
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