We have four different stories of Jesus’ life contained in these four books to offer different, holy & sacred perspectives of that same story. We and yet we each need Jesus and strive to follow him. Throughout this series we will be encountering these stories in these four gospels by thinking through who this particular book was written to reach; what we might learn; and how we might be transformed into action by becoming more Jesus-like in our lives.

The Gospel of Mark is centered on the figure of Jesus who has an urgent message of good news: one that is available to the audience (and us!) right now! As the gospel for people in a hurry, we are met with a relentless pace for accomplishing good things based on love and grace and healing and hope for all people. While this does not offer us an opportunity to slow down, but it does provide us with opportunities to focus on the way of Christ and to reprioritze our own lives accordingly.