Weary Do you ever feel like there is no rest for the weary? Do you ever feel that life just keeps handing you one to do list after another? If so, then you may well relate to the disciples in our scipture lesson from Mark. 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that…
Sometimes there is a passage of scripture that makes me think “Really God??” Did you really just say that? This is one of those moments in scripture. Then he went about among the villages teaching. 7 He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He…
Have you ever been desperate? Desperate for truth? Desperate for hope? Desperate for healing? The stories from the Gospel of Mark we hear today show people who are desperate for the action of God in their lives. We can relate to that, can’t we? We can relate to seeking out God when things get tough,…
In our Sermon Scripture from Sunday we heard the familiar story of Jesus calming the storm. We asked how we were like the disciples, forgetting that God is with us even in the worst storms of life. Sometimes we are afraid of the storm. Sometimes, like the disciples, we are afraid when God does make…
What are the seeds of the kingdom? What seeds are we planting? As churches, as individuals, as a nation? Jesus talks a lot about seeds in our scripture for Sunday. 26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise night and day, and…