Episode 131 Mark 12:28-44 The Greatest Commandment and the Widow’s Offering

This week the Narrative Lectionary finds us in Mark 12:28-44, where Jesus gives the great commandment and a widow gives her last penny. We discuss the twin commandments to love God and love neighbor and whether they can really be separated. We wrestle with the story of the widow’s mite and whether she is being commended or exploited. And we struggle with how to make sense of this text in the middle of a pandemic, where we’re all struggling with how best to be communities and people of faith.