Mark Whittall

Many years ago, as part of my training for ordained ministry, I had an internship in the Seychelles Islands. The Seychelles are a cluster...

We are in the wilderness. The gospel, the good news, begins in the wilderness. And let’s dispense here with any romantic notion of...

The French philosopher Simone Weil once wrote that “waiting in hope is the foundation of the spiritual life.” We’re doing a lot of...

Sometimes we like to make things complicated, when really they are quite simple. Sometimes we do that with the gospel reading that we...

Today, I want to do something a little different. I want to use today’s parable of the talents to take us on a guided meditation, and...

Stuff matters. I like that. I like living in a world where stuff matters. Where if I put in the extra effort, I can get an A on that...

This is Jesus’ first sermon, and his great manifesto. It is a vision of transformation. It is a call to action. It is an invitation to a...

Finally something which they can all agree on! After three days of conflict and disagreement in the Temple, finally something upon which...

“Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” It is one of the most famous lines in...

At first glance, today’s gospel looks like good advice: “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about...

“When the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do?” Now that’s a good question. Where there is injustice, where there is oppression,...

Last Sunday we talked about two ways of being human, the way of transaction on the one hand, and the way of mercy - grace, compassion,...

You’ve probably heard the jokes about there being two kinds of people in this world? You know, like, there are two kinds of people in...