This week, we talk about Peter’s reaction to Jesus’ predictions of his own death, and how Jesus corrects the disciples’ misconceptions about the Messiah and encourages us to let go of our ideas and ideologies that prevent us from following his way.

This week we dive deeper into the Messianic secret to uncover that Jesus didn’t want to just tell his disciples who he was and what to believe, he wanted them to go through a slow process of coming to understand.

Today we settle into the realm of conflict, new perspectives, and what it means to defile one’s heart.

Today we talk about the miracle of Jesus walking on water as a continuation of the miracle of feeding the 5,000. The main point is that Mark wants to open our eyes to see the Divine presence with us not only in the miraculous but also in the mundane.

We’re diving back into Mark this Lent. In this first sermon of Mark Part 2, we looked at the feeding of the five thousand and reflected on what it means to participate in the kingdom of God with what we’ve got to share right now.

We are picking up the conversation we started last year in 1st Corinthians. This year we look at the second half of the letter, which considers Christian community through the metaphor of a body. Read all of 1 Cor 12 for context.

This week we wrap up the Picking Up and Letting Go series by looking at another Epiphany text and reflecting on ways that picking up looked like for Jesus and what we can pick up in the new year.

We’re kicking off the new year with a short string on Picking up and Letting Go. This week, we’re reflecting on letting go in order to make room for things we need to pick up in the new year.