Category: Series

When do you go to Jesus with your problems, concerns, heartaches, and conflicts? In today’s longer section of Mark, two individuals make a desperate decision. The passage for today is…

There’s more to the world than we see. That is true in several ways. We only see a specific spectrum of colors and light. There is microscopic life all around…

Storms happen. Physical storms with strong winds, lightning, and heavy rain are happening somewhere right now. The storms of life are also happening with war, conflict, personal loss, accidents, and…

Consider the seed; it is small, insignificant, and seemingly lifeless. And yet, that tiny package speaks volumes. Jesus taught, “The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man…

Let’s begin with a riddle – I’m found in a tunnel, at the end as they say, but I’m also in your home, brightening your day. I’m sure you got…

Farming today, where we live, is high-tech with GPS-guided machines that place each seed exactly where it belongs. Those changes in agriculture have separated us a bit from one of…

C. S. Lewis proposed a formula for considering Jesus. He is either a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord. There are no other options. If the whole thing was a…

Jesus’ fame spread. People seeking healing, spiritual goose bumps, or those curious followed Him everywhere. Mark records,  “Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed…

It is possible to perfectly follow the rules and be completely wrong. That is what the Pharisees encountered in today’s section of Mark. Like many rules and laws, it is…

Religious practice tends towards blueprints. Do this and that and the other thing, and you will be okay. Or to put it into religious terms, you’ll be pious. In the…

Some things never change. Even today, a letter from the Internal Revenue Service causes anxiety. No one likes the annual ritual of filing their income tax docs, except maybe those…

I remember the first time I heard the story of our next step in Mark’s Gospel. It was Sunday School at the rural church we attended growing up. The teacher…