“I was certain about pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree. That certainty transformed into and remained a certainty of what I was supposed to do, what I was to return to doing and being. For a particular reason? That’s not the right question right now.”
Tag: Mark 8
Such Risky Adventures
“So, when I hear or read, “If any want to become my followers,” I wince a bit. I know there’s a cost. There’s a cost in carrying a cross, in denying oneself, and it sounds like a follower follows alone. BUT WE DON’T FOLLOW ALONE. JESUS WASN’T ALONE ENTERING HIS PASSION. We wouldn’t be either.”
What We’re Meant to Do
Mark 8: 27-38 We’d made plans. We planned for today to be our second Vacation Bible School Sunday. The curriculum was set, the volunteers and their responsibilities were set. Our schedule of activities for the kids was already in black and white. Then exposure to COVID changed everything. The kids and their parents can’t come…
Crosses and Costs
Mark 8: 31-38 A husband says to his wife, “I don’t want to brag, but here it is February, and I’ve kept every one of my New Year’s resolutions. I’ve kept them in a manila folder in the back of my desk.” Some of us make resolutions like one man said to his friend, “There’s…
Perception, Part 2
And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember? — Mark 8: 17-18 While at…
4 Episodes
I like it when I’m caught by surprise with inspiration. I was catching up in my gospel lesson reading in the Daily Office in the BCP when four episodes in the life of Jesus spoke to me. They follow each other in the eighth chapter of Mark. What I heard were lessons targeted at disciples,…
It’s Supposed to Be Easy
“Jesus does care about our hungers, but we’re not supposed to define ourselves by our hungers or hurts or scares.”
Psalm 102 in The Message 