There’s a good chance that tonight after the Super Bowl is over, fans of the winning team are going to drunkenly pour out into the streets, make lots and lots of noise, maybe turn over a few cars, maybe block traffic, and generally get rowdy.  The police will be called to keep the peace.  The...

I’ve never done it, but I think it would be interesting some time to go through the gospels and count how many times Jesus gets interrupted on his way to some place.  In many healing stories, Jesus gets interrupted.  Jairus send servants to fetch him; a hemorrhaging woman touches him, and he...

Many years ago, there was a well-known song with lyrics that begin by urging people to: Bless the beasts and the children, For in this world they have no voice, They have no choice. At first glance, this would not seem to have much to do with the scripture we just heard.  Except the writer of Mark...