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The disciples return from the mission (Mark 6:30-31) Mark reported the re-gathering of Jesus’ “apostles” (6:30) from a successful mission (see Mark 6:7-13) after depicting the death and burial of John. As John’s mission came (...)

Introduction Before Mark reports John the Baptist’s death, the only story in which Jesus is not the primary subject (6:14-29), Mark tells the story of Jesus’ hometown rejection. Rejection at Home (Mark 6:1-6) For the (...)

Two Healings in One (story) In this chapter, Mark describes Jesus healing two daughters of Israel. Jesus had just performed a successful exorcism of a non-Jewish person (cf. 5:1-20).  In our passage, Jesus returns to (...)

Building on the parable of the sower that opens this parable chapter in Mark, this week’s reading offers two more agricultural parables of the kingdom of God, which suggest that, like the parable form itself, (...)

Jesus did not fit in.  He was at odds with his family’s sociological script and with the religious authorities. Even among his closest companions, as we have just read in 3:19, there is one who (...)

The less closely one reads this pericope, the easier it is to preach! The Spirit descends upon the apostles who are gathered in prayer and miraculously communicates God’s Word to a radically diverse assembly, resulting (...)

God who raised Jesus orchestrates unlikely relationships that the status quo does not otherwise permit for the transformation of marginalized individuals. This narrative is the second encounter between the Hellenist evangelist Philip (one of the (...)

The establishing, negotiating, and naming of power and acts of power is inherently political and very often religious. The Jewish leaders (including elders, scribes, the High Priest and those associated with his office) had held (...)

Cuando pensamos en el ministerio de Jesús o su misión terrenal, tendemos a enmarcar el mismo en tres eventos importantes: Jesús nació, Jesús murió y Jesús resucitó. Tendemos a cerrar el capítulo de la vida (...)

Behold! A psalm that oozes with hopefulness even in the face of perceived impossibilities. The unity this psalm calls for is between Democrats and Republicans. Impossible? It is between Christians and Muslims. Impossible? It is (...)