Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2022.01.18

Friends, today is the 500th bLOG published since April 2019. On behalf of Godzilla, The Flying Scotsman, and many others, “Thank you for joining me on this adventure!” The Hitchhiker No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2022.01.17

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2022.01.16

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2022.01.15

We begin our third week of daily reflections on Mark’s Gospel. I remind you that these are my reflections and are by no means exhaustive expositions. All Called by Jesus He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. And as he passed by, […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2022.01.14

Reframing the Picture And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2022.01.13

Listen to Jesus But he (the leper) went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter. Mark 1:45 From yesterday’s scripture reflection, Jesus pointedly told […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2022.01.12

“Θέλω” And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And Jesus sternly […]