• 4 Minute Read A few weeks ago, I was preparing a sermon on Mark 14:1-11, where Jesus is anointed by an unnamed woman at Bethany during Holy Week. This Markan text is a rich character study: there is the unnamed woman who so generously and lavishly anoints Jesus, giving to him in his hour of need. There is a group of bystanders who scoff and scorn, insisting that this perfume could have been sold and given to the poor, rather than wasted. There is one disciple lurking in the background, Judas, who sees the woman’s act and is somehow pushed over the edge: now is the time to betray this Jesus to the chief priests.
How Will You React to Jesus? A Lenten Reflection
How Will You React to Jesus? A Lenten…
How Will You React to Jesus? A Lenten Reflection
• 4 Minute Read A few weeks ago, I was preparing a sermon on Mark 14:1-11, where Jesus is anointed by an unnamed woman at Bethany during Holy Week. This Markan text is a rich character study: there is the unnamed woman who so generously and lavishly anoints Jesus, giving to him in his hour of need. There is a group of bystanders who scoff and scorn, insisting that this perfume could have been sold and given to the poor, rather than wasted. There is one disciple lurking in the background, Judas, who sees the woman’s act and is somehow pushed over the edge: now is the time to betray this Jesus to the chief priests.