Meeting Mark Again

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A Commentary
This does not pretend to be a critical commentary.  It is more of a conversation, a dialogue with the gospel.  It reflects my concerns and issues, my seeking of God.  So, who knows for how long it will go, and how far?  I welcome your comments and questions.

Three months in, I have mostly avoided consulting other commentaries; I have been interested in how the Gospel strikes me 'again for the first time.' Of course, I've read plenty in the past! I'm trying not to slip into the (unexplained) jargon of the church, but find sometimes there is no other language.

I'm 'publishing as I go.' There are few revised and polished pages here. Thematic development is not a major concern. My question is what "Mark" is saying to me today. For all that, themes such as Jerusalem, and being in or out, force themselves into my consciousness.

Mark 1.1-6  The beginning of the Good News.... Jan 2006 
Mark 1:9-15 The Baptism of Jesus February 5 2006
Mark 1:9-15 Sermon beginning at the baptism... March 4 2006
Mark 1:15 The Arrest of John.... February 5 2006
Mark 1:16-20 Call & Committment... Feb 19-2006
Mark 1:21-28 Authority and Evil... Feb 21 2006
Mark 1:29-31 Simon's mother - another disciple... Feb 21 2006
Mark 1:32-34 Power at Sundown... Feb 21 2006
Mark 1:35-39  In a Lonely Place...
Mark 1:40-45 What is a leper...? Feb 24 2006
Mark 2:1-12 Which is easier...? Feb 27 2006
Mark 2:13-17 Taxman healed!... March 12 2006
Mark 2:18-28 Free for the Sabbath... March 13 2006
Mark 3:1-6 Reaching Out... March 15 2006
Mark 3:7-12 Oasis in a dry land... March 19 2006
Mark 3:13-30 What is truly evil... March 25 2006
Mark 3:31-35 Family of God... March 26 2006
Mark 4:1-20 The Sower... Palm Sunday 2006
Mark 4:10-12 The Seed... Palm Sunday 2006
Mark 4:1-25 The Spiritual Economy ... Holy Saturday April 2006
Mark 16:1-5 Easter Day... Easter Day 2006
Mark 4:32-35 Outside the Kingdom?... April 17 2006
Mark 4:35-41 Dead Calm and Deep Water... May 4 2006
Mark 5:1-20 Leave us alone!... May 16 2006
Mark 5:21-43 Let her get up..... May 21 2006
Mark 6:1-13 Not without honour.... July 11 2006
Mark 6:14-29 Head on a platter.... August 15 2006
Mark 6:30-44 Feeding and feeding... August 20 2006