Week 3. READ: Mark 9:14-29 Show Time Upon closer review, there is a lot of stuff to unpack in this story.  Let’s get at it.   When Jesus, Peter, James and John returned from their not-so-routine trip to the mountain, they found the other nine disciples embroiled in a conflict with some religious leaders.  A crowd had...

Week 2. READ: Mark 9:2-13 Show Time As we move to a new scene in the Jesus narrative, there is an abrupt shift of pace.  The introduction to this story adds a new twist saying it is six days later.  Bible scholars offer a variety of opinions on the origin of this story most of which include...

The End & Back Again: to the beginning Returning to the Journey with Jesus in Mark’s Gospel: Part 4 Week 1. READ: Mark 8:1-38 Show Time Feeding of the Four Thousand 8:1-10 Welcome to the heart of the gospel found in chapter 8.  Mark uses reoccurring stories to tie his gospel together.  This pattern is used by Mark in knitting...

Join us on Saturday, July 22.   Lunch is served at 12 p.m. and first tee time is at 1:30 p.m. Macktown Golf Course, Rockton, Illinois.   Cost is 75 per person....

Join us as we cool off at the Magic Waters Waterpark!  We will meet there from 5 to 8 p.m. for fun in the sun and water.  $10.00 tickets after 3 p.m....

Week 4: READ: Mark 6:1-13 Show Time Jesus returns to his hometown, though unnamed in Mark, identified as Nazareth in Luke and Matthew.   It was a small out of the way village of about 400 people in Jesus’ day located twelve miles southwest of the Sea of Galilee.  It was nothing compared to the Greek styled capital...

Week 4: READ: Mark 4:1-20   Show Time Jesus taught people to see life through the lens as God intended life to be lived.  It is a life lived by faith in God and attentive to others.  Jesus taught by his words and actions.  One of his most common ways of teaching was using a format called a...