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11.08.09
Bet Your Bottom Dollar | Mark 12:38-44
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
Have you ever been down to your last dollar?
Have you ever dug down deep in your pockets and had only a few cents?
Have you ever scraped the bottom of your economic barrel?
I don't mean have you ever had an empty checking account while ...
11.01.09
Standing on One Foot | Mark 12:28-34
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
There are 613 commandments in the Torah ~ the first five books of the Bible. Of those 613 commandments 365 are commandments of prohibition ~ don't do this, and 248 are commandments of action ~ do this. As a way of remembering those commandments the ...
10.18.09
A Dissonant Curriculum | Mark 10:35-45
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
The list is long of those things that I loved about being a high school teacher.
I loved kids and discussions and coaching and standing on an open field with the weather in my face. I loved troublemakers and lunch and summer vacations. I loved ...
10.11.09
An Untamable Text | Mark 10:17-31
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
In the center of modern Jerusalem stands the Old City. That Old City is surrounded by a wall.
A wall that stands 15 to 50 feet tall,
that stretches about 3 miles long,
that is 10 feet thick,
that has turrets and towers ,
that has ...
10.04.09
Wedged Between Shammai and Hillel | Mark 10:2-16
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
There is no easy way into this text. There is ample opportunity for opening old wounds or inflicting new hurt. There is the possibility that it will be heard as an inconsequential antiquity or as some damning judgment. There is no easy way into ...
09.27.09
Mikros, Millstones and Maiming Metaphors | Mark 9:38-50
Roger Nelson
Roger Nelson
I've been to hell ~ twice.
In southeastern Michigan there is a little town of just over 250 people ~ Hell, Michigan.
It has a bar, a general store, and an ice cream parlor. There is a small wedding chapel just in case you want to get ...