Posts with the tag “mark-13”

True or False?  In the 2017 docudrama on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Come Before Winter, one of the principal characters, Sefton Delmer, a propagandist working to oust Hitler, says in the opening...  Read More

Sleepers Awake Some of you may be familiar with the hymn "Sleepers, Awake" written by Phillipp Nicolai in the 16th century.  The song appears in many hymnals throughout the centuries.  You may also be...  Read More

Eyes to See Jesus often teaches using the phrase, "he who has ears, let him hear" or "blessed are you who have eyes to see."  Jesus isn't talking about literal hearing and seeing, but having spiritual...  Read More

A Ritual to Read to Each Otherby William Stafford This poem challenges us to become aware of the world around us.  How might it be similar or unlike Jesus' call to watch out? What do you sense is impo...  Read More

Mark 13:24-37 Don continues this week (March 10) with the book of Mark, specifically, Mark 13:24-37.  In preparation for the sermon, read the text below.  How does Jesus continue his message of being ...  Read More

Blessing When the World Is Ending by Jan RichardsonIf poetry is unfamiliar to you, start slowly.  Pause with the punctuation (commas and periods in this case) rather than line breaks.  Read aloud (or ...  Read More

A New Kingdom Jesus' life and ministry ushers in a new aspect of the Kingdom of God, where "The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood (John 1:14 MSG).  God is ever-present and am...  Read More

How are we led astray? Beginning in Mark 13: 3, Peter, James, John, and Andrew are sitting with Jesus on the Mount of Olives.  Jesus warns them, his closest friends, not to be led astray.  Led astray...  Read More