Mark Whittall

There are times in our lives when we don’t know what to do. When even though we really want to do what’s right, we don’t know what’s right. Joseph is deep into one of these dilemmas in today’s gospel reading. He is a righteous man. He is a kind and gracious man. He deeply wants to do the right thing. But he doesn’t know what to do.   Life is not black and white. Life comes at us in full colour, beautiful and wonderful, yet puzzling and overwhelming sometimes. Relationships ar

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

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Sometimes Jesus speaks a word that remains so vivid, so pivotal in the imagination of the people who heard it, that when they wrote down...

Why does hypocrisy drive Jesus bananas?   I mean, throughout the gospels we see so many instances of Jesus being caring and compassionate...

I’ve often told parents of young children that if you want to teach your children about God, one of the best ways is to plant a garden....

For God so loved the world … It is one of the best known and most loved verses in the bible, for good reason.  John 3.16.  For God so...

“For many are called, but few are chosen.” God’s grace, God’s invitation is extended to many, to all, good and bad alike. How will we...

In some parts of Africa, when people meet, there is a particular greeting that is exchanged. The first person says “God is good, all the...