Mark Whittall

Jesus is a great teacher. And like all great teachers, he has some tricks of the trade, ways of drawing us in and then surprising us with new ways of looking at life. Sometimes he does this by telling stories. Other times, he starts by saying something that we all agree with, but then he goes beyond it.   “You have heard it said”, he tells his audience, giving them something familiar, getting their heads nodding. “But I say to you,” he continues, and with this, he tells them

What if some big pharmaceutical company developed a medication that, taken daily, would enable you to sleep better and have more energy...

“Come unto me all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”   It’s a beautiful promise, a wonderful...

Have you ever noticed how so many medical associations around the world, organizations like the World Health Organization and the...

When I was growing up, back in my school days, there wasn’t a lot of emphasis on memory work. I know that in generations that preceded...

Shared meals are important. We all need to eat, we all eat to live. So when we eat together, it is often a celebration. Meals create a...

I don’t think any of us want to be invisible. No, we long to be seen. To be noticed, to be known for who we are.   I don’t think any of...

“I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze!   When I first read this gospel earlier in the week, I...

“I’m going fishing.”   What do you do when you’re at a crossroads?  When you need to think?  When you’re feeling a bit lost, or a little...

“Are you out of your freakin’ minds?”   Now that’s a better translation of what the men said to the women on that first Easter morning. ...

This world can be an awful place. A place of pain and suffering. A place of injustice and oppression. A place where human beings...

There are two ways to live:  God’s way and the other way.  Which one are you going to choose?   That’s the essence of our readings...

The temple in Jerusalem was a busy place.  Thousands of people from all over would gather there, bustling in and out, bringing or buying...