“The Risk of Engagement” 2 Sam. 6:1-5, 12b-19; Psalm 24; Mark 6:14-29   During the grilling of Peter Strzok this past week in the judicial hearing in congress, I was reminded of the 1994 movie, Clear and Present Danger, starring Harrison Ford. There was a scene in which Ford’s character, Jack Ryan, a CIA…

Respecting resistance Mark 6:1-13   I remember my first year of ordained ministry. I was 26 years old. I had attended the church since high school. I’d been a seminarian under care for ordination. And they had sent me out as a short term missionary. When I received a call to ministry there it seemed…