Commentary on Mark 8:31-38
Contradictions and perplexities dominate the gospel for the day. Peter correctly identified Jesus as the [...]
Gospel
Commentary on Mark 1:9-15
The sheer brevity of Mark’s story seems to offer little material for the preacher. Indeed, [...]
Commentary on Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
It would seem that Matthew has offered preachers quite a [...]
Commentary on Mark 9:2-9
Transfiguration is one of those “non-holidays” that appears in lectionaries with its own particular set of readings, [...]
Commentary on Mark 1:40-45
In this short and apparently simple story Jesus is approached by a leper whom he [...]
Commentary on Mark 1:29-39
This passage is loaded with wonderful possibilities for the preacher. As Jesus begins his ministry [...]
Commentary on Mark 1:21-28
Our initial approach to this text is from a first person response to what took [...]
Commentary on Mark 1:14-20
The text for the Third Sunday after Epiphany continues the dramatic action in the Gospel [...]
Commentary on John 1:43-51
In Lectionary Year B many of the texts are from the Gospel of Mark. However, [...]
Commentary on Mark 1:4-11
The text for the Baptism of our Lord, January 8, 2012, is Mark 1:4-11. This [...]