Followers of Jesus are called to remain steady when everything else feels unstable. When structures crumble—whether literal or figurative—the gospel still moves forward through faithful people who stand firm, trust God, and keep bearing witness. The presence of God is never confined to stone walls. It lives in people. And that means the mission continues wherever God's people go.  Read More

Love God. Love your neighbor. Everything else flows from those two commands. But Mark doesn’t stop with the teaching. He immediately shows us what this looks like—and what it doesn’t.  Read More

The vineyard was always meant to produce fruit for the owner. Instead, the tenants tried to claim it for themselves. Jesus is pointing directly at the leaders standing in front of him, but the parable also exposes something deeper about the human heart.  Read More

We talk about responsible grace: God’s grace is always reaching toward us, always inviting transformation. But we are still responsible for how we respond. The leaders in this passage resist that grace.  Read More

It’s possible to look spiritually healthy from a distance. It’s possible to participate in religious life, know the language, show up to the right places, and still miss the deeper work God wants to do in us.  Read More

“What do you want me to do for you?” Mark 10:36; 51, CEB One of the things I’ve grown to appreciate about Mark’s Gospel is how carefully it is structured. Mark doesn’t simply record events as they happened. He arranges them in ways that help us see what the disciples themselves struggled to see. A good example of that appears in the middle section of the Gospel, where two stories of blind men fram...  Read More