Mark Whittall

Have you ever noticed that in our culture we tend to see things as either/or rather than both/and? We like dichotomies: this or that, good/bad, better/worse, important/not important. It’s a hangover from a logic and a way of thinking that emerged most strongly during the 18th century Enlightenment in Western Europe. And even though this either/or way of thinking, these dichotomies, can be really helpful in organizing our thoughts and in putting things into categories, othe

What must I do to live? That is the first question the lawyer poses to Jesus in today’s gospel. It’s a good question. What is the essence of life? What must I do, what does it mean to live fully, to live abundantly, to live eternally, to live the life we were created to live? The lawyer is trying to test him, but Jesus asks the lawyer a question in response: “What is written in the law? And the man replies: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with a