
Speaking to the Soul: The Great Lover
Mark 12: 28-34 We are well into Mark’s gospel. The end of our liturgical year is near. Jesus is in Jerusalem. And his time for

Mark 12: 28-34 We are well into Mark’s gospel. The end of our liturgical year is near. Jesus is in Jerusalem. And his time for

…it reminded us that Emery’s love and faithfulness still reverberated through the world. That love may linger in the memories and lasting example of a beloved friend. It may also walk up to us in the guise of a stranger. But no matter what, love is never lost.

The film is a simple exploration of primarily white, upper middle class, mainstream “C” generation individual and family values. The only thing that is subtle in this film is God’s appearance in the form of intimacy, developing trust, forgiveness and reconciliation and redemption.

In the Magazine this month, we’re looking at marriage and the church’s long convoluted realtionship with it. In this essay, Maria Evans, reminds us that God’s love declares itself independent of our ability to name or control it.