Holy Week—Monday Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 36:5-11 Hebrews 9:11-15 John 12:1-11 The theme throughout today’s readings is the wideness of God’s mercy, but the salient point made over and over again is that God’s mercy extends not to one nation or one people but to all. Isaiah 42:1-9 shows God speaking into… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Palm Sunday Liturgy of the Palms Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29; Luke 19: 28-40 The passage from Luke is familiar to us because we hear it every year, or at least we hear the story from the different perspectives of Matthew, Mark, or Luke every year. But Luke’s story is different; he leaves us… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Lent Week 5—Saturday Psalm 43 Exod. 10:21-11:8 2 Cor. 4:13-18 Mark 10:46-52 Lent is a time for reflection and forgiveness. Some look forward to it, some seek answers and change, some find solitude and peace with in, and some find it depressing and self-depriving. Growing up at St. Mark’s in both… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Lent Week 5—Friday Psalm 95 Exodus 9:13-35 2 Corinthians 4:1-12 Mark 10:32-45 One of my favorite books is The Dream of God, a Call to Return, by Verna Dozier, a leading African-American female lay theologian. That book helped me see that God tells his children, again and again, how to live… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Lent Week 5—ThursdayPsalm 140 Exodus 7:25-8:19 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 Mark 10:17-31The Gospel reading today is perhaps one of the most timelessly relevant stories in the New Testament. It begins with the question, “What must I do to inherit eternal life? Jesus answers this earnest question, as any devout Jewish rabbi might, by reciting the Ten… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
The Carpenter's Nail 