Geoff Parker

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-12 As the prophet Elijah departs, he and his apprentice, Elisha, must face up to the sorrow of their parting. Can we face our own fragility and mortality, that we can pass our power and our wisdom on to others?

Scripture: Mark 1:29-39 Jesus offers an “in home” healing, which in a time when so many feel isolated—either in illness, or in the time of precautions against illness—may remind us how to offer presence and “life one another up.”

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28 Jesus is interrupted in worship by a man with “an unclean spirit” which has been troubling him, and we ponder the loud noises of our lives which threaten to interrupt and drown out the still, small voice of God… and how we might hear Jesus’s healing word of “silence.”

Scriptures: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 ; Mark 1:14-20 Jonah and Jesus’s first disciples show us very different paths on the Way with God. In both, however, we are invited to see that our walk with God is towards a transformation and deepening of ourselves, and reminded that to participate in that transformation, we must release what … Read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-20 The prophet Samuel learns to listen for the voice of God… and how to speak hard truths to those he loves and trusts. We must do the same. This week, we speak the truth of loss and grief as we mourn the sudden death of two of our members, Geoff and … Read more