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Entries by Mark Lansberry
A Question and a Calling – March 7, 2021
Scripture: Mark 8:27-36 “This story is unique in the New Testament in that the healing happens in two stages. Mark’s account, however, has an important, symbolic significance as well: Clarity […]
Who is This, That Even the Winds and the Waves Obey Him – February 28, 2021
Who is This, That Even the Winds and the Waves Obey Him – February 28, 2021 Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 The parables in Mark 4, culminating in this powerful witness of […]
The Beginning of the Good News – February 21, 2021
Rev. Hannah Adair Bonner Preaching Scripture: Mark 1: 1-20 Scholar and pastor Eugene Peterson caught Mark’s urgency: “Mark wastes no time in getting down to business—a single-sentence introduction…. There’s an […]
A New Way of Seeing Jesus – February 14, 2021
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 As Christians, we are constantly discovering new ways of seeing Jesus and his gift to the world. As our filters change, so does our […]
What You Focus on Determines What You Miss – February 7, 2021
Scripture: Isaiah 40:21-31 The next three biases look at the social-political dimensions of seeing: Comfort/Complacency/Convenience Bias: Our brains welcome data that allows us to relax and be happy and reject […]