Mark Whittall

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain.  Does that remind you of anyone?  It’s meant to.  It’s meant to remind us of Moses.  Matthew in his gospel is presenting Jesus as a new Moses, as the one who will speak God’s words to us.  In the book of Exodus, after God has freed the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt, they come to Mount Sinai and they camp there.  Moses goes up the mountain.  But the people were not allowed to go up the mountain.  The people stood at

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

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...

“Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go” “So Abram went.” An encounter as simple, as challenging, as powerful as that. For thousands of years,...

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...

Did you notice that it was never Jesus’ idea that Peter get out of the boat? This story of Jesus walking on water is one of the most...

Here we go, one last time. Jesus is in the temple in Jerusalem, with the crowds gathered around him, and he has one last story to tell,...

You don’t look like a very angry bunch this morning. That’s good! – but it also makes it harder for us to understand parables like this...

This week, like last week, we get a story that takes place overnight. Last Sunday we talked about Jacob wrestling all night in the dark....

A friend of mine is on a bicycle trip. Not just any bicycle trip. No, she is on a solo, around the world bicycle trip. At this very...