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- Title: Gospel by Heart (The Gospel of Mark) (Critical Essay)
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 238 KB
Description
The first Gospel reading I performed by heart was from Mark. Jesus was baptized and immediately driven by the Spirit into the wilderness. Then, after John was executed, Jesus began to announce God's good news (Mark 1:9-15). I remember, as I prepared, noticing the wild beasts in the wilderness. They were with Jesus but peaceably, it seemed, like the angels. So what sort of wilderness was this? I would soon discover. Alone in an empty sanctuary, with Jesus' baptism printed on a page in front of me, a wilderness of new interpretive decisions stretched ominously before me. Even the familiar questions seemed strange, or suddenly strangely urgent. What sort of voice ought I to use? This voice from heaven--what would it sound like? And what should I do with my body? How might the gestures of my hands and arms, the stance of my feet on this floor, and even my upturned face show the holy mystery of heavens tearing apart, of Spirit descending like a dove? And if Jesus was driven, then I must move. So where in this sanctuary will our Jordan River be? And the wilderness? Where are the wild beasts in our worship?