Verse of the Day September 27

We begin our new series Reimagining the Church.

Each week, we’ll explore a different New Testament image or metaphor for being disciples of Christ and the church and we begin this week with the Gospel of Mark. Mark is the oldest gospel, the first to be written, and in it Jesus calls his followers to be disciples of the cross. This was not easy for the first disciples of Jesus nor for the households of faith to whom Mark was initially speaking, and it isn’t easy for us today.

Today’s reading is Mark 10:32-45, Slave of All.

The Verses of the Day are Mark 10:43-45,

But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”