Between 2 Sundays

Season 3, the new liturgical year, and Advent all begin in this episode of Between 2 Sundays. Join Mark B and Mark G as they reflect on the readings for Advent 1 through the lens of Hope. (The readings for First Sunday of Advent are: Isaiah 64:1-9 • Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 • 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 • Mark 13:24-37) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vande...

What a conversation to finish out Season 2! As we end Year A of the lectionary and look to move into Advent for Year B, Mark B and Mark G discover the way that Reign of Christ/Christ the King Sunday not only leads us into the new Advent season, but also rounds out the year that has passed. Join us for a wonderful (and late to be published!) episode for Between 2 Sundays.  (The readings for Reign o...

Have we lost the true sense of what it is to follow God, to be a people of God, and to walk towards salvation? Have we in the modern world become far too individualistic and lost the true essence of the corporate vision that God has for the world? In this week’s episode, Mark B and Mark G both explore and are surprised by the way that this week’s readings point to just that – the importance of kno...

Leadership is always a challenge, as is “followship”. In this week’s readings, Mark B and Mark G see how moving these challenges must be faced in order to see things move forward. Join us for an intriguing episode of Between 2 Sundays.  (The readings for Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost are: Joshua 3:7-17  and  Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37   •  1 Thessalonians 2:9-13   •  Matthew 23:1-12 ) Find the rea...

While modern Christianity is often concerned with the individual, the story of God reminds us again and again that being a people of God is a corporate affair. In this epidose of Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G chew on what it means to carry on the vision and ultimately remembering who it was Jesus said we were…  (The readings for Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost are: Deuteronomy 34:1-12...

From Golden calves to wedding banquets, this weeks episode of between two Sundays is sure to get your thinking. Join Mark, B and Mark G for a deep dive into God’s grace, love, how we sometimes get it oh, so wrong. (The readings for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost are: Exodus 32:1-14  and  Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23   •  Philippians 4:1-9   •  Matthew 22:1-14 ) Find the readings and other resources to a...

When will we understand that God is enough for us? This week’s readings call us to those uneasy conversations in which we come to realise that the trappings and trimmings are not who we are or what we ultimately need. Instead we are called to release those things and risk resting in the hands of God. Join Mark B and Mark G for this week’s conversations on Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for Eight...

Is the Lord among us or not? How do we work through the times when it seems like God is not with us. Or even “there”? In this episode of Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G open up the texts for this week and find the keys to reminding ourselves (and others) of the presence of God in and among us. (The readings for Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost are: Exodus 17:1-7  and  Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16   •...

There are those who still don’t think social justice (even bordering on socialism) is a Biblical thing. If this is you, this is your episode. In this week’s Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G see revealed the concept of “Enough” and see laid out bear in the Hebrew Scriptures, Psalms, Paul and the Gospel the writing on the wall as plain as day. Dare to join us? (The readings for Seventeenth Sunda...

What now? This is the question that should stay with us until we can answer it after significant events. In this deeply reflective episode of Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G encounter moments as Israel, Paul, and the disciples of Jesus are challenged with this life-altering question. (The readings for Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost are: Exodus 14:19-31  and  Psalm 114   or  Exodus 15:1b-11,...

It’s all burning bushes, replacement creeds and backtracking on revelations about Jesus as Mark B and Mark G explore the readings for this coming Sunday. Join us for an episode of Bertween 2 Sundays where you will be challenged to consider who you are, and what it means to follow Jesus. (The readings for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost are Exodus 3:1-15  and  Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b   •  Roman...

New beginnings, new revelations, new minds, and new opportunities. Throw in conversations about “messiah-ship”, and there’s a show. Join Mark B and Mark G for an intriguing discussion about this coming Sunday’s readings in this episode of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost are: Exodus 1:8-2:10  and  Psalm 124   •  Romans 12:1-8   •  Matthew 16:13-20 ) Find thereadi...

What does it mean to dwell in unity? What does unity even really look like? And how much faith is really needed? In this episode of Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G explore the inner workings of forgiveness, reconciliation, inclusion, and why it only requires a crumb of faith to see God work in your life. (The readings for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost are: Genesis 45:1 15  and  Psalm 133   •...

Are you ready to rumble?! Yes, this is the wrestling episode!! This is the episode that makes sense of every episode of Between 2 Sundays thus far and yet to come. It’s time to learn how to wrestle again and understand what it is God does in that wrestling. New names, new opportunities, new hopes and not one sign of Hulk Hogan, but lots of Mark B and Mark G. See you on the mat! (The readings for T...

When the deceiver gets deceived and yet God still works through it all, and when the small seed can grow enough to allow all the birds to rest, and when the yeast becomes alive and does its thing, and when nets catch all the fish, and when the old and the new are held together: THEN we can still give thanks to God, realising that NOTHING can separate us from God’s love. An enriching, deep, and ful...

In this week’s episode of Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G talk about pivot points in one’s life, how realising that you are seen can change everything, and how in being seen we can humbly allow God to make changes that open us up to the fullness of our humanity; opening ourselves up to the reality of what it means that you are adopted   (The readings for Eighth Sunday after Pentecost are: Gen...

Amazing things happen when our ego gets out of the way… In this week’s episode of Between 2 Sundays, join Mark B and Mark G as they delve into surrendering, learning how to listen, letting God have their way in our lives, and why trading stew for a birthright (and even making the stew in the first place) is probably a waste of time.  (The readings for Seventh Sunday after Pentecost are: Genesis 25...

This week we continue in Genesis and consider what happens when we leave things up to God; try and follow Paul’s logic in what he does and what he doesn’t to do; and sit with tax collectors and sinners, eating and drinking just like Jesus did. What does this all have to do with our lives and ministry for God? Join Mark B and Mark G as they chew on these ideas in this week’s Between 2 Sundays.  (Th...

This week we encounter Abraham and Isaac walking up a hill, a Psalmist struggling up a mountain, Paul pushing us up towards living through a lens of goodness, and Jesus moving us to allow ourselves to be received by whomever it is no matter what. Join Mark B and Mark G as they scale this week’s readings on Between 2 Sundays.  (The readings for Fifth Sunday after Pentecost are: Genesis 22:1-14  and...

If you feel for any reason that you have been pushed to the margins, to the edge, to the outer, or excluded in any way, this week’s readings have something to say to you. And to those of us to might be consciously or unconsciously doing the pushing, this week is a week for intent listening to the readings. Encounter a God who will seriously leave the 99 to restore the one in this week’s episode of...

We all like to think we have faith. But when the rubber hits the road, what does faith actually look like? Follow Mark B and Mark G from Sarah’s whispered laugh to Jesus’ instructions for mission via a Psalm of thanksgiving and Paul on what comes of suffering, and listen in as they discover how faith not only works but how it shapes us for Christian life when the “stuff” hits the fan. (The reading...

This week’s set of readings are an amazing look at concepts in faith – what it is, who it’sfor, who has it, and where God finds it. From Abraham to Jairus the Synagogue Ruler, join Mark B and Mark G for an intriguing look at faith that might just change how you live it just a little bit…  (The readings for the Second Sunday After Pentecost are Genesis 12:1-9  and  Psalm 33:1-12   •  Romans 4:13-25...

This week is Trinity Sunday. As Mark B points out, often a day for avoiding the preaching roster. But in this episode Mark B and Mark G go beyond apple pie, H2O and clover leaf “explanations” to suggest a much more powerful way of understanding the seeming multiplicity of personas (yep, not a typo) that God contains. An intriguing and inspirational episode of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for T...

The coming of the Holy Spirit means so much to those who follow Jesus. Join Mark B and Mark G in this special Pentecost Sunday edition as they work through the readings for this coming Sunday and discuss how they speak to our task now the Spirit is well and truly with us. (The readings for Day of Pentecost are: Acts 2:1-21 •    Psalm 104:24-34, 35b   • 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13  or  Acts 2:1-21   • ...

The Ascension can be considered a Feast of the church that seems to centre on an “unlikely reality”. Whether or not you consider it a historical event, there is something about the ascension and the scene that surrounds it that should provoke us to stop “gazing at the sky”, and get ready to move. In this episode of Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G talk about the motivating factors that emerge...