Posts with the tag “mark-14”

The Crowds Read through the text of Mark 15:1-20 once again.  Imagine yourself in the scene.What do you hear?  Is it loud or quiet?  Who do you hear?  What are they saying? What do you see? Who is amo...  Read More

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After the Silence When the high priest initially asks Jesus to answer the accusations against Him, Jesus remains silent.  In that silence, He beholds the fullness of the moment: Peter hovering in the ...  Read More

Peter Denies Jesus In preparation for (or reflection on) today's sermon from Mark 14:51-72, you may wish to listen to the musical score for the scene "Peter Denies Jesus" from the movie, The Passion o...  Read More

In the Silence In this week's passage from the gospel of Mark (14:53-72), Jesus appears before the Sanhedrin, the high priest, the chief priests, the elders, and teachers of the law.  Let's think back...  Read More

A Sonnet for St. Peter Malcolm Guite is a former priest and Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge.  He pens books and poetry and shares from his vast and interesting library.  He often writes for Rabbi...  Read More

Abandoned In preparation for the sermon (April 14), read the text of Mark 14:51-72 (ESV) and ask God to show you: What is important in this passage?  What is important to Peter? What is important to t...  Read More

Dead Asleep When we use the phrase "dead asleep" describing a deep slumber, we conjure the similarities between sleep and death - whether we realize it or not.  Poets and painters through the centurie...  Read More

Mountains and Valleys We quite frequently use mountain and valley language in Christianity - primarily because the Bible is chock full of literal and mountains (Mount Sinai, the Mount of Olives) and v...  Read More

Stay With Me As you reflect on the text of Mark 14: 32-50, you may wish to listen to this prayer.  How does the tone and movement of the hymn reflect the scene in Gethsemane?  Stay with me.Remain here...  Read More

Agony in the Garden In reading over the passage for this week's sermon (Mark 14: 32-50), I was struck by how many details I often overlook because I am "familiar" with the story.  Knowing the story of...  Read More

Gethsemane This poem by Mary Oliver considers how the sleeping disciples, like Judas at the Last Supper, are integral to the story of Christ.  After reading the poem (perhaps more than once), Consider...  Read More

Asleep Continuing in the book of Mark this week, the sermon on April 7 will focus on Mark 14:32-50 (NAS below).  In these verses, Jesus prayers in Gethsemane while his closest friends drift off to sle...  Read More

Passover In Mark 14 (vs. 12-31), while celebrating Passover, Jesus institutes the Lord’s Supper, harkening back to the first Passover.  Read these verses from Exodus 12 (vs. 3-13 ESV) and reflect on t...  Read More

Blessing the Bodyby Jan Richardson Can you make any connections between this poem and Mark 14:12-31?  This blessing takesone look at youand all it can say isholy.Holy hands.Holy face.Holy feet.Holy ev...  Read More

Mark 14:12-31 In preparation for the sermon (March 24), read the text of Mark 14:12-31 and ask God to show you: What is important in this passage?  What is important to Jesus? And on the first day of ...  Read More

Prudence An old-fashioned word, prudence, doesn't get much airtime these days (unless we happen to be watching an SNL clip of Dana Carvey impersonating GW Bush).  But prudence has long been considered...  Read More

The Women When we do an expository study of the Bible, from time to time we need to take a step backward and look at the big picture. Mark 13 describes the destruction of the temple and the end of the...  Read More

Sweetly Broken As you are preparing for church today or in your afternoon rest, consider the words to this song and how they may relate to the truths of Mark 14:1-11.......  Read More

Anointing  The story of Jesus' anointing appears in all four gospels, each slightly different.  Scholars disagree on whether this anointing occurred on one single occasion or as two (or more) separate...  Read More

Those Winter Sundaysby Robert Hayden Take a moment to read through this poem, perhaps more than once.  What does it say about sacrificial love? How can you connect this poem to the text of Mark 14:1-1...  Read More

How Will You Respond? The sermon series on Mark continues this Sunday (March 17) with Mark 14:1-11. Read the passage and note how the following people respond to Jesus:Chief priests and teachers of t...  Read More