Westworth United Church

It was early morning when Jesus returns to the temple. The early time didn’t keep the people from gathering. Crowds form and as the people keep coming, Jesus sits on the stairs and starts to teach. He is well into it when the pharisees and scribes come pushing through the crowd, dragging a woman with …Read more

We tumble into our gospel lesson this morning in the midst of something. Jesus is in Judea, having tried to get away from the crowds yet again, but still managing to be surrounded. In the crowds this time are a couple of Pharisees who have some “really important” questions for Jesus about the law and …Read more

I would assume that most of you sitting here in the sanctuary are familiar with the story we just heard from Mark’s gospel. But maybe I shouldn’t assume that. Just in case the story isn’t one that you know well, let’s set the scene for the story so that we can dig into it a …Read more