Archive for May 17th, 2005

the choosing…

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

-mark 3-
so jesus calls those to him that “he wanted”. man that seems like a loaded phrase. well what about all the others? didn’t he want them? so weird in our world of PC and hurt feelings, to think about selection and all that stuff. who to include in what? [...]

sabbath for man, not the other way around…

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

-mark 2-
nothing profound here, but just struck with the kindness and provision of god in giving the “command” of the sabbath. why did he do that? why is it one of “the big ten”?
then jesus comes along and challenges the common usage of the sabbath in his culture. how do i approach it? [...]

anger and hurt…

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

- mark 3-
i was reading in mark today. jesus goes into this synagogue, people are watchin him, to see if he’ll heal on the sabbath. he asks them which is better to do good or evil on the sabbath, to kill or to save life. then it says he looked at them [...]

fighting back a life that wants to dominate us with it’s speed and superficiality