The original end of Mark's Gospel is one full of questions and fear, writes Teri McDowell Ott. And that's ok. It’s not a fear without faith or hope.
"We want salvation now and the celebration to begin today. But sometimes the colt goes around in circles, and we have to start again tomorrow," writes Matthew A. Rich.
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Jesus teaches his disciples that death is a necessary pre-condition to life. What in our lives might need to fall into the earth and die so that something else might be born? — Ginna Bairby
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"In life, we will be bitten, but we will also be healed," writes Baron Mullis of Numbers 21.
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Jesus teaches that his body is the new temple in which God’s presence dwells. If the church is called to be Christ’s body, where does that mean we should be? — Ginna Bairby
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Is faith something to market? Maybe, writes Teri McDowell Ott.
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"We put more energy into building and maintaining walls to mark our boundaries ... than we put into building relationships, diverse communities and just systems that remove the need for walls." — Teri McDowell Ott
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What do we do when we encounter something that fills us with wonder – that bubbly, contradictory mix of expansiveness and finitude and interconnectednes? Rose Schrott Taylor reflects.
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The pressures of our lives can leave us withered and exhausted. But when we remember our story, we will find the wind that helps us take flight, bringing us home, writes Teri McDowell Ott.
The church exists because of Jesus Christ. All things exist because of Jesus Christ. It’s amazing, astounding and true, writes John Wurster.
A free hymn with sheet music based on Mark 1:21-28 by Scott Barton.
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We can hear the urgency in the lectionary texts for January 21, but how does that translate to us today? — Stephanie Sorge
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“O Lord, you have searched me and known me.” This knowing can be painful and challenging. The truth often is. Yet God pursues us in love and offers us the truth as a path to healing. — Teri McDowell Ott
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Mark’s Gospel will continually draw us to the margins, de-centering power and privilege. It’s an invitation for us to to leave our comfort zones, writes Stephanie Sorge.
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