A Lesson Learned
Text: Mark 9:38-50 Jesus says some really harsh words in this text from Mark’s Gospel. I have never seen these words slapped on a bumper sticker or sewn on a T-Shirt. They are troubling, deeply troubling words, and by far, they are the most troubling to those who insist that the Bible always be read literally: “The Bible says it. I believe it. That’s that!” In her book, Bread of Angels, Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor is very convincing when she writes: “Walk into the