Mark 5:1-20 Jesus heals the Gerasene demoniac By the time we get to this part of the story, we know that things happen when we cross the river, or the sea, and get to the other side. So, we shouldn’t be surprised to see something big happen here. They go across the sea, and land in the land of the Gerasenes. More…

Mark 4:1-34 Parables of sower and mustard seed Parables are something we spend a lot of time on in the church. Jesus uses parables to teach us things. Often we end up with a superficial reading, which domesticates the parables, or we go so deep that we lose the relation of the parable to our lives. Sometimes Jesus explains the parables, but…

Mark 2:1-22   Jesus heals a paralytic and eats with tax collectors With the speed of the Gospel of Mark, the people learn that Jesus is home in Capernaum. And they gather, and gather. So many gather that they can’t all fit into the house, and some enterprising, compassionate, driven people climb up on the roof and make a way for their friend…

Mark 1:21-45          Jesus heals a man with an unclean spirit, Peter’s mother-in-law, and a leper.            In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus gets right into things. Of course, in Mark’s Gospel everything happens immediately. There are not wasted words or wasted energy in Mark. In just 25 verses of today’s reading, Jesus confronts and casts out an unclean spirit, heals Simon’s mother-in-law, heals the…