Mark Whittall

I’ve often told parents of young children that if you want to teach your children about God, one of the best ways is to plant a garden....

For God so loved the world … It is one of the best known and most loved verses in the bible, for good reason.  John 3.16.  For God so...

From a high point in the old city of Jerusalem, our guide told us the story of King David who, because of the rebellion of his son...

Today is the fourth in a series of encounters with Jesus that we have been reading together during this season of Lent. First Nicodemus,...

I don’t know about you, but I struggle to make sense of the gospel that we just heard. On one level it is a tragic episode in human...

The juxtaposition on this Sunday of Jesus’ triumphant Palm Sunday entrance into Jerusalem with the long reading of the Passion of our...

Not long ago, I went out to a restaurant for dinner. It was a busy place, so we made a reservation in advance. When we arrived, I have...

Pilate understands power. It’s the air he breathes. He knows its structures, he knows its relationships. The exercise of power is the...

If someone came up to you and said “I want to see Jesus”, what would you show them? If they said, “I want to know Jesus,” what would you...

Last Sunday while I was away, you did this wonderful activity with Allie, where, as I understand it, you thought about Lent as a...