by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Oct 21, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 10:46-52 Lead in: Scholar Peter Nixon makes a good point. With the political climate the way it was under the oppression of Rome, one wonders if the crowd following Jesus out of Jericho may have been expecting a “triumphant march on Jerusalem.” It’s no wonder...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Oct 21, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 10:35-45 Lead in: In Mark 10:35, we hear how James and John came to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” Jesus replied, “What do you wish me to do for you?” They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Oct 4, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 10: 17-30 Lead in: In Mark 10, Jesus invites a young man to sellwhat he owns so he can follow as his disciple. But that’s the last thing the young man was expecting to hear. So, he went away sad for he was hanging on to things that he was not yet ready to let go...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 30, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 10:2-16 Lead in: In Mark 10, the people bring children to Jesus hoping he might bless them. The disciples try to shoo the children away. But Jesus says, “Let the children come to me.” As the child embraces those who care for them, so the Kingdom is for those...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 15, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Lead in: In Mark 9, Jesus’ disciples wanted Jesus to stop someone who was driving out demons in his name. Jesus’ response was, “Do not try to prevent him.” Jesus’ response challenges us be open to God working in our world in and through...
by pdavid@stvictoria.org | Sep 10, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 9:30-37 Lead in: Whatever Jesus was preaching about, it seems the disciples were always slow to get it. In Mark 9, Jesus has just predicted his pending death, and what do the disciples do? They start arguing amongthemselves about who’s the greatest. Jesus...
