Mark Whittall

“Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are...

Do you want to be happy? I’m guessing that you do. The pursuit of happiness is right at the top of most people’s priorities in life. ...

“Love one another as I have loved you.” Starting to sound familiar? It should! We’ve been swirling around this teaching of Jesus for...

We live in what we call the modern age. And one of the key developments of our modern age is the emphasis on the individual. ...

Sometimes I think about Easter in three parts: The “Wow!” the “What?” and the “So What?” We talked about the “Wow!” two weeks ago, on...

Evidence-based decision making. Sounds like a good thing doesn’t it? Isn’t that why we brought back the long-form census in most our...

Jesus came and stood among them, and he breathed on them. That’s kind of weird, isn’t it? Doesn’t that seem like a strange detail for...

This week, this Holy Week, two worlds collided. Two ways of life clashed. Not for the first time. Not for the last time. But there was...

Pilate understands power. It’s the air he breathes. He knows its structures, he knows its relationships. The exercise of power is the...

If someone came up to you and said “I want to see Jesus”, what would you show them? If they said, “I want to know Jesus,” what would you...

John’s gospel loves to talk about the light and the dark. The gospel reading which we just heard begins in the dark. We are now deep into...

Last Sunday while I was away, you did this wonderful activity with Allie, where, as I understand it, you thought about Lent as a...

There is a movement in the gospel of Mark which repeats itself at the critical points of the gospel. That movement is from glory into...