What the Kingdom? Do a 180 Those closest to Jesus resist his predictions of suffering and death; in fact, they wanted to know who would be the greatest in a non-suffering brand of a glorious kingdom. Jesus takes a child's way of being and offers the child as an example pf living with an opposite way of thinking. How do to a 180 when the "ship" of your life-like the Titanic-is heading toward the iceberg of indifference to Jesus' announcement of suffering and death?
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Nicholas Connolly
Pastor of First and Grace United Methodist Churches
September 20, 2009
The Fourth of Thirteen Sundays in Kingdomtide
The names of the Sundays are taken from
The Bible Through the Seasons: A Three-Year Journey with the Bible
Scripture: Mark 9:30-37
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