The behaviors of Christians could hinder the Spirit's work.

Jesus restores the perception and voice of many.

A crucial text in the divine “rescue mission” Mark outlines in his Gospel

The purpose of biblical law was to train the human heart in divine wisdom.

Jesus challenged his listeners to think beyond food; it is the spirit that gives life.

When nourished with Christ’s own flesh and blood, the life within us can become an unstoppable force that undergoes no appreciable change even with our own death.

Jesus’ disciples today find in his teaching the “bread” that keeps them going.

The task of redemption is Christ’s, not ours. His grace will fulfill the work.

The crowd confused the symbol with the reality

The feeling Jesus experiences is similar to that of a mother responding to an infant’s hunger or to her child’s cry.

We recognize unclean spirits today not through the illnesses they cause, but through the minds they enrapture.

We need to act on Jesus’ liberating word if we are to experience our freedom

God never intended the world to be a place of anxiety

The kingdom contains as much mystery as a tiny seed, and its growth is as inexorable as kudzu.

Those places that might seem to hold no promise may in fact contain the grace that can turn the hearts of many to Christ.

Loved by God in spite of our sins, we share the cup the disciples drank.

Christ is stronger than our greatest fears and stronger than anything that holds us bound.

God sent Jesus into the world to show us the divine nature, which is pure love, entirely centered on others.

Can we be be points of overlap between the heavenly and earthly realms?

God’s Spirit flows through every heart; and at times, God stirs the Spirit in each person to advance the mission of the Son.