This week BibleWorm reads a series of texts in Mark 6:1-30, beginning with the story of Jesus being unable to perform miracles in his hometown, which leads us to think about the ways we sometimes struggle to hear truth from those most familiar to us and the possibility that we must sometimes let go of comfortable places to grow into our true potential. We then read the story of Jesus sending out his disciples, empowering them to carry on his work when he can’t do it. We pay special attention to Jesus’s instructions to his disciples, who are to travel without food or money, relying on the hospitality of strangers and ministering from a position of vulnerability and trust in the community. Finally, we read the strange story of John the Baptist being beheaded by King Herod, which we take as a warning about the fickleness of Empire, which recognizes the truth of John’s ministry and yet ultimately executes him anyway.
Episode 203 The Complexities of Being Family (Genesis 37 and 50)
Episode 202 Anxiety and Promise (Genesis 15:1-6)
Episode 202 (EXTENDED) Anxiety and Promise (Genesis 15:1-6)
Episode 201 (EXTENDED)The Angst of Being Human (Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17; 3:1-10)
Episode 201 The Angst of Being Human (Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17; 3:1-10)
Episode 152 Esther 3:1-11 and 7:1-10 Resisting Ethnic Nationalism
Episode 151 Esther 1:1-22 Resisting the Patriarchy
Episode 150 Ruth 1:14-18 and 3:1-15 Reading Ruth Against the Grain
Episode 149 Ruth 2:1-20 and 4:9-17 Making Ancient Israel Great Again
Episode 148 Song of Songs 5:2-9 and 8:5-10 Solidarity and Allegory
Episode 147 Song of Songs 1:12-2:6 and 7:1-13 The Joy of Sex
Episode 146 Lamentations 3 and 5 Trauma Has Many Voices
Episode 145 Lamentations 1:18-22 and 2:10-22 Trauma and Protest
Episode 144 Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 and 3:1-11 For Everything There is a Time
Episode 143 Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 and 8:16-9:10 Everything is Mere Breath
Episode 142 Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 12 Pentecost and the Body of Christ
Episode 141 1 Corinthians 15 Paul and the Resurrection of the Body
Episode 140 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 The Greatest of These is Love
Episode 139 Acts 18:1-4 and 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Unity in the Body
Episode 138 Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Paul in Thessalonica
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