Week beginning 26 November 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 4:34-41 Mark 5:1-20 Mark 5:21-43 Genesis 2:4-25 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 4:34-41 This episode begins as Jesus and the disciples embark on a journey to the other side of Lake Galilee. It
Week beginning 19 November 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 4:1-20 Mark 4:21-25 Mark 4:26-34 Genesis 33:1-17 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 4:1-20 Jesus’ proclamation, summarised in the words of Mark 1:15, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come
Week beginning 12 November 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 3:13-19 Mark 3:20-13 Mark 3:31-35 Exodus 5:1-23 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 3:13-19 In this scene, Jesus goes up the mountain and calls “those whom he wanted” to himself, appointing them as “apostles”,
Week beginning 5 November 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 2:23-28 Mark 3:1-6 Mark 3:7-12 Exodus 5:1-23 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 2:23-28 Today’s reading brings into view the sabbath, which was one of the key markers of Jewish identity. In this episode,
Week beginning 29 October 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 2:1-12 Mark 2:13-17 Mark 2:18-22 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 2:1-12 In the background of this episode is the symbolic centre of Jewish life through which “sins” were properly forgiven—the
Week beginning 22 October 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 1:29-34 Mark 1:35-39 Mark 1:40-45 Exodus 18 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 1:29-34 This episode begins as Jesus leaves the central space of the synagogue, through which is mediated the rule of the Jerusalem
Week beginning 15 October 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 1:14-20 Mark 1:21-28 Mark 1:29-34 Exodus 19:1-8 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 1:14-15 Jesus’ public ministry begins here against the backdrop of imperial power highlighted by the arrest of John by Herod Antipas.
Week beginning 8 October 2018 Gospel Readings: Mark 1:1-8 Mark 1:9-11 Mark 1:12-13 Joshua 1:1-9 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Mark 1:1-8 Mark’s opening verse presents it hearers with a question—one which will take the whole gospel to answer: What does it mean
Gospel Readings: Matthew 28:1-10 Matthew 28:11-15 Matthew 27:16-20 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 28:1-10 Jesus is in the tomb, dead and contained by the powers. Two women, Mary Magdalene and another also called Mary, come to visit. What they find when they
Gospel Readings: Matthew 27:1-31 Matthew 27:32-56 Matthew 27:57-66 Devotion 1 Wait: Take time to sit in silence together, allowing space for God’s voice to be heard. Read: Matthew 27:1-31 The opening verses of today’s reading give us a picture of the machinations of power surrounding Jesus’ trial. As the chief priests confer with the elders, we can