It is strange how our perceptions can shift so suddenly. Only a few years ago, it was difficult for many people in the affluent West to recognize in the Gospel of Mark a world resembling anything like their own. The world of the first gospel is a violent and chaotic one, populated by the sick, the dying, and the dead. It is a world of desperate crowds that threaten to crush the one who calms storms, and of lonely individuals, full of demons and disease, who have been cast out from amongst the living to wander the desolate places of the dead. A world of “wars and rumours of wars”, of leaders caught in the machinations of realpolitik, prepared to sacrifice individuals to keep the overwhelming might and power of Imperial Rome from falling on their heads and bringing everyone to desolation and ruin.
André, your thoughts always come like a gift to us. Listening.
Talk about whetting the appetite! Thank you André.
Great start. Very true
Loved it so much. Really encouraging!