Mark Whittall

Sometimes Jesus speaks a word that remains so vivid, so pivotal in the imagination of the people who heard it, that when they wrote down...

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

Right at the beginning of the pandemic, just as everything was shutting down, I received an urgent call from my daughter. She was...

There are moments that matter. Moments where we no longer think of time as 10am on a Sunday morning, but rather we think of critical...

Sometimes I wish that I could take the dove that appears in today’s gospel and wring its pretty little neck. Because we get fooled by the...

Jesus went to a foreign land, on the other side of the Jordan River. When he arrived, they brought to him a deaf man, and he said to...

Our readings this morning may seem an odd collection at first glance. The Old Testament reading is about David finally, after seven and...

“Jesus came and took her by the hand and lifted her up; then the fever left her and she began to serve them.” These words, taken from...

Jesus’ public ministry begins with one single person. A single human being who is oppressed. A child of God who is set free. What word...

How do you turn an explosion into a movement? We heard the explosion last week: “The heavens were torn apart and a voice from heaven...