Mark Whittall

“Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” This is just totally the wrong time of year to ask that question. I...

“A gospel is a form of strategic story-telling that aims to change your life.”[i] Today we begin the gospel of Matthew. Are you ready to...

Today is the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of a new church year. How we begin matters. Two weeks ago I was invited to meet with...

It started with a question. “When is the kingdom of God coming?” When will God make things right? Because we’re not ok. We’ve been...

One of the things I love about the English language is that our words are so flexible. You know what I mean? You can take a word and...

Did you hear the alarm go off? This is a wake-up call. Will you do something about it before it’s too late? In today’s gospel, Jesus...

“No one can serve two masters; you cannot serve God and wealth.” That’s the conclusion of today’s gospel. And if our reading and...

The movement from resentment to joy is one of the most profound and necessary conversions of the spiritual life. Of any life. ...

We live in a world of competing demands, and for the most part, we’re pretty good at it. We are, after all, the multi-tasking generation....

It’s no wonder that Jeremiah was reluctant to take up his calling as a prophet. If you remember from last week’s reading, Jeremiah is...

When we first hear it, today’s gospel sounds like a story of healing - and it is. Jesus lays his hands on a woman who is bent over, and...

“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” “Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? ...

Last week Jesus delivered a blunt warning. A rich man stored up treasure for himself, and he became a fool, isolated and blinded to the...