Animals are fascinating. They have their own ways of navigating life in this world.
Tag: Mark
Advent with the Earth: Day 19 (Dec. 21)
Have you been on a mountain before? What was it like?
Advent with the Earth: Day 18 (Dec. 20)
We need reminders to embrace the gifts of deserted places so that we can recognize and cultivate the gifts of populated places too.
Advent with the Earth: Day 17 (Dec. 19)
Jesus tells three sowing parables in Mark 4: the parable of the sower, the parable about seeds suddenly sprouting, and the parable of the mustard seed.
Advent with the Earth: Day 16 (Dec. 18)
What might God do with holy air in our bodies? On this planet?
Advent with the Earth: Day 15 (Dec. 17)
American society tends to encourage us to assume roles of teachers and rulers over creation. What if we instead approached creation as our teacher?
A Path of Bold Resistance
“If someone wants to follow after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” ~ Mark 8:34b (my translation) Among wounding scriptures, this one ranks pretty high.…
Food and Demons
A woman comes to Jesus seeking deliverance for her daughter from an unclean spirit. Jesus responds by talking about food. Why? Why would Jesus turn the woman’s request for liberation for her…
The Kingdom of God Is Like a Woman Trusting Her Body and Gaining Liberation, or Like a Girl Counted as Least Rising
This is one of the most anti-sexist stories I have encountered in the gospels. Twenty-two verses concentrated on attending to the bodies of a woman and a girl in a patriarchal society…
When the Son of God Gets Called “Insane”
Jesus too has experienced the sting of social stigma attached to mental illness. He too understands the shame of neighbors who had known him for years now calling him crazy. He too…
