Mark Whittall

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

This world can be an awful place. A place of pain and suffering. A place of injustice and oppression. A place where human beings...

There are two ways to live:  God’s way and the other way.  Which one are you going to choose?   That’s the essence of our readings...

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, 'Who do people say that the Son of Man is?' And they...

It is Trinity Sunday. And the Trinity is all about … us. Maybe you thought I would say that the Trinity is all about God. Well, I’m not...

Whenever I hear Paul’s speech to the people of Athens I always think about fish. Maybe it’s just me. I have to admit that none of my...

I love the gospel that we just heard. It is another dialogue, another encounter, another one of these long conversations with Jesus that...

How then shall we live? Last Sunday, Dennis reminded us that in the sermon on the mount, Jesus is calling for a change in heart, a change...

You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord, who abide in his shadow for life, Say to the Lord ‘my refuge, my rock in whom I trust.’ Today’s...

Today’s gospel from Luke picks up on the text that we read two weeks ago, Luke’s account of Jesus’ baptism. You’ll recall that after...