Our Epiphany

Matthew 3: 1-17 Christmas break was over and the teacher was asking the class about their vacations. She turned to one boy and asked him what he did over the break. “We visited my grandmother in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania,” he replied. “That sounds like an excellent spelling word,” the teacher said. “Can you tell the class…

From the Greatest to the Welcomed

Mark 9: 30-37 There are three predictions in the gospel of Mark Jesus shares of his own arrest, crucifixion and resurrection. At each of these points, Jesus predicts, the disciples respond with misunderstanding, and Jesus instructs his followers about discipleship. We read and heard the first one last week, and the second such foretelling this…