Posts with the tag “gethsemane”

Stay With Me As you reflect on the text of Mark 14: 32-50, you may wish to listen to this prayer.  How does the tone and movement of the hymn reflect the scene in Gethsemane?  Stay with me.Remain here...  Read More

Agony in the Garden In reading over the passage for this week's sermon (Mark 14: 32-50), I was struck by how many details I often overlook because I am "familiar" with the story.  Knowing the story of...  Read More

Gethsemane This poem by Mary Oliver considers how the sleeping disciples, like Judas at the Last Supper, are integral to the story of Christ.  After reading the poem (perhaps more than once), Consider...  Read More

Asleep Continuing in the book of Mark this week, the sermon on April 7 will focus on Mark 14:32-50 (NAS below).  In these verses, Jesus prayers in Gethsemane while his closest friends drift off to sle...  Read More