Commentary on Mark 1:9-15
Last week for Transfiguration Sunday we started by placing three key Markan texts side by [...]

Last week for Transfiguration Sunday we started by placing three key Markan texts side by [...]

Praise, Praise, Praise, Praise, Praise! Seems like a lot of [...]

Biblical scholar Ched Myers calls this Transfiguration Sunday text one of the three “pillars” of Mark’s apocalyptic [...]

If the vibe of last week’s Capernaum synagogue narrative was public and confrontational, this week’s [...]

Welcome to the annual liturgical celebration of the Baptism of Our Lord (First Sunday after [...]

Welcome to the Third Sunday after Epiphany, the continuing season of Light. Context Much has [...]

Mark’s Gospel is not for the disengaged spectator; it is for those caught up in [...]

Nathanael’s preconceptions could have kept him from seeing the Son of God. But he was [...]

Epiphany is a promise that God is here, whether or not we notice the signs. [...]

Luke’s story of Jesus being presented in the temple explicitly suggests that his parents brought [...]