Mark Whittall

Why does hypocrisy drive Jesus bananas?   I mean, throughout the gospels we see so many instances of Jesus being caring and compassionate...

This week, this Holy Week, two worlds collided.  Two ways of life clashed.  Not for the first time.  Not for the last time. But there was...

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...

Forgiveness really, really matters. And forgiveness is really, really hard. There’s a tension here. That’s the territory that Jesus...

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, will occur on Wednesday this week, June 21st. The solstice is a sacred day for many...

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 we begin with sin and death. Now that’s not a very popular opening line is it? I can imagine that half of our online worshippers...

How then shall we live? Last Sunday, Dennis reminded us that in the sermon on the mount, Jesus is calling for a change in heart, a change...

I have to admit, when I first looked at the gospel reading for this Sunday, the text from Matthew that we just heard, I wasn’t very happy....