20 - 26 June 2021
Worship Together
20 - 26 June 2021
Big questions
Mark 4.35-41Jesus leaves the crowds after a full day of teaching to get some rest. Jesus sleeps in the boat while the boat becomes engulfed in a storm. Because of the location of the Sea of Galilee, storms occurs quickly and violently. The disciples are astonished that he is not alert to the circumstances and their fear. When they eventually wake him, he calms the storm and questions their lack of trust in God.
Perhaps the biggest faith question there is the one that the disciples ask of Jesus when he is asleep: ‘do you not care that we are perishing?’ Our big questions may be different, but it is important to feel heard as we wrestle with challenges of life in general and in following Jesus.
This week we explore being heard in the storms of our lives.
Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 7 Year B
Job 38.1-11
Psalm 107.1-3,23-32
2 Corinthians 6.1-13
Mark 4.35-41
Find more resources on these readings
- Proper 7 focused on 1 Samuel 17:(1a,4-11, 19-23),32-49 (2024)
- Proper 7 focused on 2 Corinthians 6.1-13 (2018)
- Proper 7 focused on Mark 4.35-41 (2015)
- Proper 7 focused on Mark 4.35-41 (2012)
- Proper 7 focused on Mark 4.35-41 (2009)
- Proper 7 focused on Job 38.1-11 (2006); Alternative thread sermon notes
- Proper 7 focused on Mark 4.35-41 (2003)