21st Sunday after Pentecost
Mark 10:17-31 So we are taking a bit of a break from our Season of Women this week. There’s no women in our lectionary this week and a whole lot of us are going to be at Crossroads this week so we are are taking a couple of weeks off. But don’t worry, the women will be back at the end of the month and there are some bangers coming. But alas, I apparently didn’t plan this well because we return to Mark this week with a humdinger of a text (Maybe I should have just found a woman to talk about). But that’s okay, we can work with this, because you know what, I like this passage. Quite a lot actually. And it contains a lot more good news that one might think at first glance. Our story opens with a man who approaches Jesus on the road asking for guidance. He is a religious man and he wants to know what he must do to inherit eternal life. And so after questioning him and discovering that he is already a devout man who knows and keeps the basic commandments, Jesus tells him