Month: October 2018

In an age when the church and the world continue to invest in a carefully crafted identities and social structures, the Gospel reading today calls us to arise by becoming true followers of Jesus and participate in radical transformation in people’s relationship and identities. The truth is that our identities in Jesus Christ are so opposite of what the world expects hence, it is time for the world to ‘listen to the cry of God coming from the mouths of modern Bartimaeuses willing to challenge the identities we’ve assigned them.’ There is a famous and the last healing story...

In our Hebrew scripture and Gospel reading today there is a theme of authority and submission as against our culture of egos, discrimination and competition. In the Gospel, Jesus articulates for us the model of spirituality and politics of ministry, leadership, and greatness in service. Shaped by harsh ideological discrimination and servitude, the Gentile’s cultural frameworks resonates with our secular ideology. The notion of cultural frameworks of rule, greatness, mastery, and pre-eminence over others within Mark 10 also resonates with the prevailing global ideas of building borders and calling for making a particular nation ‘Great Again.’ Leadership framework is...

 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honour your father and mother.’ “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.” Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell...