Conversations with Scripture What are its strengths and

What are its strengths and weaknesses as an aid to worship

they struggled with temptation and sin

* Specific ideas for companioning youth in a variety of settings

but necessary lesson of life—letting go—as a means of healing

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Conversations with Scripture What are its strengths andMost Christians are familiar with the story told in Mark's gospel, from the fishermen leaving their nets, to the miracle of the loaves and fishes, to the political rumblings and the crucifixion. But no one knows who Mark really was or why this gospel was written or why it's charged with such a sense of immediacy. For noted Jesus scholar Marcus Borg, reading Mark is like meeting Jesus again for the first time. Individual readers and parish study groups