#epiphany 4b

When Jesus was presented at the Temple, Simeon saw him for who he truly is, the Messiah that enlightens the nations and who is the glory of Israel. What does this mean? How is Jesus fulfilling prophecy with this action of being brought by his parents to the Temple? How does it affect us today?

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Photo by Photo Boards on Unsplash For SundayEpiphany 4B Collect Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Reading Mark 1:21-28 Reflection We’re still…

Photo by Robert Linder on Unsplash After a couple of weeks of call stories, we now jump into a short story that is packed with Jesusy goodness. This story arrives like a shallow bucket and a deep well. There is so much depth here, but it can also come off as a simple little healing story. So how we enter into it can really depend on how we expect to read about Jesus. If you are one that needs…

Beacons of Christ in a stormy world

Being a beacon of Christ doesn’t mean we need to be perfect. It means we still need to help others even when we feel lost. trusting God in 2021Epiphany 4B | Mark 1:21-28 Photo by Johannes Plenio from Pexels Last year, I reminded us that we are called to be Beacons of Christ to our neighborhood, our community, and along with our many neighbors, to be Beacons of Christ to our region and our…

Immediately (Epiphany 4B)

Mark’s gospel uses the word “immediately” a lot. But what if it isn’t literal or a figure of speech? What if the evangelist is getting us to see beyond our reality–to where the kin-dom already is?

How the immediacy of Jesus reveals the presence of the kin-dom Epiphany 4B | Mark 1:21-28

Time travel. It’s the holy grail of superpowers.

If you had to pick a superpower, you’d probably pick flight…

Mark 1:21-28, Resistance Broken Down

[February 1, 2015] This morning’s Gospel text is about Jesus casting a demon out of a man who interrupted him while he was teaching at the local synagogue in Capernaum, a lakeside town of Galilee. Today I want to examine how this fits into the beginning of Mark’s gospel and interpret it from that perspective.

The Gospel presents Jesus to us, a picture of him, so that we can get to know him and…