epiphany 3b

Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20

Year B
Epiphany
Jan 25, 2015
Living by the Word

A demanding leader

Mark 1:14-20

Jan 13, 2009 by Cynthia Anderson

They didn’t ask questions. That’s what always astonishes and terrifies me about this story from Mark. Jesus shows up by the Sea of Galilee, calls out to Simon Peter and Andrew, tells them he’s going to upend their lives and give them a new vocation, then commands them to follow him without a backward glance or a thought for the family fishing business.

Living by the Word

Mutant ministry

Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Psalm 62:5-12

Jan 11, 2003 by Paul Keim

Many human encounters with the divine word are fraught with irony: Balaam's talking ass; the promise of a patriarchal heir so long overdue that the child is named for the ensuing hilarity; the messianic Savior born in a hovel and killed like a common criminal. The mutant ministry of the prophet Jonah is another case in point.