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.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=48 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 of Christ Sunday are: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 and Psalm 100  • Ephesians 1:15-23  • Matthew 25:31-46) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=170 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 knowing that God doesn't want us to focus on “me/I”, but on “we/us”. Join us on this week's Between 2 Sundays.  (The readings for Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost are: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 and Psalm 78:1-7  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  • Matthew 25:1-13) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=168 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/   Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=167 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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  and Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17  • 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8  • Matthew 22:34-46) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=165 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=163 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost are: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20  • Philippians 3:4b-14  • Matthew 21:33-46) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=162 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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  • Philippians 2:1-13  • Matthew 21:23-32) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=161 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 Sunday after Pentecost are: Exodus 16:2-15 and Psalm 105:1-6,37 45  • Philippians 1:21-30  • Matthew 20:1-16) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=160 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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, 20-21  • Romans 14:1-12  • Matthew 18:21-35) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=159 Explore Mark B's writing https://barefootfollower.life/ Follow Mark G's work at https://linktr.ee/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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  • Romans 12:9-21  • Matthew 16:21-28) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=157 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 thereadings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=156 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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  • Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32  • Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=155 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost are: Genesis 32:22-31 and Psalm 17:1-7, 15  • Romans 9:1-5  • Matthew 14:13-21) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=153 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 full episode of Between 2 Sundays this week. Hope you'll join us. (The readings for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost are: Genesis 29:15-28 and Psalm 105:1-11, 45b  • Romans 8:26-39  • Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=152 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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: Genesis 28:10 19a and Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24  • Romans 8:12-25  • Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=151 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 25:19-34 and Psalm 119:105-112  • Romans 8:1-11  • Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=150 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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.  (The readings for Sixth Sunday after Pentecost are: Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 and Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13  • Romans 7:15-25a  • Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=149 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 Psalm 13  • Romans 6:12-23  • Matthew 10:40-42)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=148 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 Between 2 Sundays with Mark B and Mark G (The readings for Day of Pentecost are: Genesis 21:8-21 and Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17  • Romans 6:1b-11  • Matthew 10:24-39). Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=147 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 readings for Third Sunday After Pentecost are: Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) and Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19  • Romans 5:1-8  • Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23))   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=146 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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  • Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26). Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=145 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 Trinity Sunday are: Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Psalm 8  •2 Corinthians 13:11-13  • Matthew 28:16-20)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=142 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com   Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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  • John 7:37-39)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=47 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com   Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

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 from this week's readings. (The readings for Seventh Sunday of Easter are: Acts 1:6-14  • Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35  • 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11  • John 17:1-11)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=46 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com   Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

When it comes to God's Kingdom, is the “in and out” language that we have become so accustomed to using in many parts of the Church useful? Or even Biblical? In this deep episode of Between 2 Sundays Mark B and Mark G talk about what it might mean to “share Christ” with the world; and if ultimately we are all “in”, what's the point of sharing at all. (The readings for Sixth Sunday of Easter are: Acts 17:22-31  • Psalm 66:8-20  • 1 Peter 3:13-22  • John 14:15-21)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=43 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com   Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

What does it mean to be “in God”? To “see God”? To be the “people of God”? To “know God”? In this week's episode of Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G get into the reality of a real world faith: what it is, what it isn't, and what it means for how we live. (The readings for Fifth Sunday of Easter are: Acts 7:55-60 • Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 • 1 Peter 2:2-10 • John 14:1-14) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=43 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

Post resurrection…what do we do now? In this weeks' episode of Between 2 Sundays, Mark B and Mark G consider the readings for the fourth Sunday of Easter as a call to follow in the direction that the Kingdom of God is moving – a direction that will call us to embrace light and dark, good and bad. Join us for a reflection on how to live through the realities of life with the resurrected Christ.   (The readings for Fourth Sunday of Easter are: Acts 2:42-47  • Psalm 23  • 1 Peter 2:19-25  • John 10:1-10)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=42 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com   Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

The revelation of Jesus in the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus opens up for us so many possibilities for faith, life, and for our own epiphanies. In this week's episode Mark B and Mark G explore this revelation and our response to it through the lens of Cleophas and his partner, and Peter…   (The readings for Third Sunday of Easter are: Acts 2:14a, 36-41  • Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19  • 1 Peter 1:17-23  • Luke 24:13-35)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=41 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

As the disciples move beyond the resurrection, we begin to see glimpses into a new way of living, seeing and being in the world. Join Mark B and Mark G as we take on a Jesus Hermeneutic in the way we see our lives, our world, and the Scriptures. (The readings for Second Sunday of Easter are Acts 2:14a, 22-32  • Psalm 16  • 1 Peter 1:3-9  • John 20:19-31)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=40 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

What did resurrection look like? What does it look like now? Does it matter? And is there something about resurrection that can help us now; or is it something that is yet to come? In this week's Easter Sunday episode of Between 2 Sunday's, Mark B and Mark G talk physical, spiritual, light, and beyond; and try to make sense of what we can carry out of this resurrection message with us beyond Easter.  (The readings for Resurrection of the Lord are: Acts 10:34-43   • Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24  • Colossians 3:1-4   • John 20:1-18)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=38 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

What is God like? The Passion narrative gives us a framework in which to see what God is like; and in doing so to see a picture of how it is we are to live. As we emerge from Lent into Holy Week, can we make a space to live like Jesus models; or will we let everything just go back to how it was before. What does a life like this look like, and how does it challenge the way we live in our current framework? Join us for a thought provoking Between 2 Sundays with Mark B and Mark G where we realise that it all boils down to one word...  (The readings for Passion Sunday are: Isaiah 50:4-9a  • Psalm 31:9-16  • Philippians 2:5-11  • Matthew 26:14-27:66 )   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=30 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com   Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

The resurrection of Lazarus creates an amazing foundation through which to understand the readings for this coming Sunday. Join Mark B and Mark G Between 2 Sundays as they consider whether Jesus “I Am” statement to Martha might just be an indication of the life in Christ that is available to us not just some time in the future but today (and every day); and a lens for seeing deeper ways to consider “flesh vs spirit”, “dry bones” and Psalm 130.  (The readings for The Fifth Sunday in Lent are: Ezekiel 37:1-14  • Psalm 130  • Romans 8:6-11  • John 11:1-45)   Find the readings and other resources to accompany them  at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=28 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/   Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com   Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays  

Between 2 Sundays delves deeply into the world of sight, light, seeing, and what happens when our eyes are opened to the reality of God in and around us. (And just as importantly, what happens when we become blind to what God might be up to and we refuse to look outside our predefined boundaries). Another beautiful set of readings that prepare us in this Lenten season for the Easter weekend in this week's episode… (The readings for The Fourth Sunday in Lent are: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 • Psalm 23 • Ephesians 5:8-14 • John 9:1-41) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=27 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

As we enter the next week of Lent, Mark B and Mark G talk wells, rocks, water, hope, identity and being seen. You may never have understood the Woman at the Well story quite like this… All in this week's episode of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for The Second Sunday in Lent are: Exodus 17:1-7 • Psalm 95 • Romans 5:1-11 • John 4:5-42) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=26 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com and https://instagram.com/monkindocs Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

What does it truly mean to step out in faith? The example of Abraham and the wild shenanigans of The Wild Goose (aka the Holy Spirit) take centre stage in this weeks conversation in which Mark B and Mark G dodge the usual response to verses that we think we know well and look deeper to see where God is moving as we enter the second week of Lent. (The readings for The Second Sunday in Lent are: Genesis 12:14a • Psalm 121 • Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 • John 3:1-17) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=25 Find Mark B at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G at https://monkindocs.podia.com Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

Lent begins, and we are immediately into discussions about the human condition. Good and Evil, Work and Toil, Original Sin and Original Goodness, and the incredible connections between Jesus and Moses during 40 days in the wilderness. All this and more with Mark B and Mark G in this week's Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for the First Sunday in Lent are: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 • Psalm 32 • Romans 5:12-19 • Matthew 4:1-11) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=24 Find Mark B's at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ and https://monkindocs.podia.com Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

Is the Transfiguration simply a monochrome, 2D event? Join Mark B and Mark G as they pick through the events of the Transfiguration and accompanying passages for Transfiguration Sunday, seeking for how this event isn't just a one time moment for Peter, James and John, but has implications right now for all of us. (The readings for Transfiguration Sunday are: Exodus 24:12-18 • Psalm 2 or Psalm 99 • 2 Peter 1:16-21 • Matthew 17:1-9) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=22 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

So often it is said that following Jesus is hard. Maybe...or maybe it's all just a matter of finding our congruence with the way we're *meant" to live. In this episode, we spend time in four readings that really do epitomise the saying "It's not Rocket Science", and chew on the questions of what freedom actually looks like and how we grow into it. Join Mark B and Mark G for a compelling conversation in this week's episode of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for Sixth Sunday After Epiphany are: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 • Psalm 119:1-8 • 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 • Matthew 5:21-37) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=18 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

Salt, light, fasting, distribution, and the mind of Christ. A compelling episode in which social justice and transformation of mind and spirit take the front seat. Join Mark B and Mark G for a light-omitting episode of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for Fifth Sunday After Epiphany are: Isaiah 58:1-9-12 • Psalm 112:1-10 • 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 • Matthew 5:13-20) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=17 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

What does God really want? Join Mark B and Mark G in this week's episode of Between 2 Sundays as they dig into the wisdom of foolishness, the truth about blamelessness, the reality of blessedness, and why 1000 rivers of oil just won't cut in. (The readings for Fourth Sunday After Epiphany are: Micah 6:1-8 • Psalm 15 • 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 • Matthew 5:1-12) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=16 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

What do lights in clay vessels and lights from Zebulun and Naphtali and lights in darkness and foolish crosses and nets and boats and dads being deserted have in common? They all feature (with relevance!) in this week's episode of Between 2 Sundays. Join Mark B and Mark G for a compelling conversation about what/who it is we actually follow and why… (The readings for Third Sunday After Epiphany are: Isaiah 9:1-4 • Psalm 27:1, 4-9 • 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 • Matthew 4:12-23) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=15 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

It's all about remembering and calling this week. Join Mark B and Mark G in this week's episode of Between 2 Sundays as they ponder the himanity of forgetfulness, the purpose of remembering, and the patience required for hearing and responding to our calling. (The readings for Second Sunday After Epiphany are: IIsaiah 49:1-7 •Psalm 40:1-11 •1 Corinthians 1:1-9 • John 1:29-42) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=14 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

What is God, this Christ, this Spirit, like? Identity - not just of God, but of us as well - becomes a theme in the readings for this coming Sunday. What will they say about who God is and who you are in God? Join Mark B and Mark G for a discussion around what delights God in this week's episode of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for Baptism on the Lord are: Isaiah 42:1-9 •Psalm 29 •Acts 10:34-43 •Matthew 3:13-17) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=13 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

Gear up for the New Year. This week Mark B and Mark G reflect on the humility of Joseph, the saving presence in Isaiah, the sufferings of Jesus, and the quiet praise of the natural world, and realise how different this Kingdom of God is to the Kingdom of Herod. Join us for a paradigm shifting episode of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for First Sunday After Christmas are: Isaiah 63:7-9 • Psalm 148 • Hebrews 2:10-18 • Matthew 2:13-23) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=8 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

Ho Ho Holy Nativity, Batman! What child is this indeed! The Christmas readings have us focussed on not only the incarnation, but in particular what John and the writer of Hebrews tell us about the nature of this incarnate Word of God. Light, grace, and truth are announced in the quiet and unassuming voices of nature, messengers of good news, and a baby. Join Mark B and Mark G for this engrossing Christmas special of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for Nativity of the Lord are: Isaiah 52:7-10 • Psalm 98 • Hebrews 1:1-4, (5-12) • John 1:1-14) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=7 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

"How long, O God" is a cry of people for generations. This week we begin to realise that unless we are prepared to see God in the seemingly "small" and "uneventful", we might miss that God has, in fact, arrived... Join Mark B and Mark G for this compellingly thoughtful and challenging episode of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent are: Isaiah 7:10-16 • Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 • Romans 1:1-7 • Matthew 1:18-25) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=4 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

Advent isn't just about waiting; it's about learning to hold our nerve in that waiting. In this "Now-But-Not-Yet- Kingdom of God", we hold an unusual space in which God calls us to hold patience as a key virtue. With Isaiah, Mary, and john the Baptist as our examples, join Mark B and Mark G as they explore what it takes to stand firm in this in-between space in this week's Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for the Third Sunday of Advent are: Isaiah 35:1-10 • Luke 1:46b-55 • James 5:7-10 • Matthew 11:2-11) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=3 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays Show less

Our adventures in Advent continue…and the Hope is getting BIGGER! There's lions eating chaff and chaff being burned and cities to leave and wilderness to return to and justice, lots of justice. Rest in the liminal space with Mark B and Mark G as we contemplate the readings for Advent 2 in this week's Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for the Second Sunday of Advent are: Isaiah 11:1-10 • Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 • Romans 15:4-13 • Matthew 3:1-12) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=2 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

Advent begins and this year we are in Year A in the Lectionary. As we reflect out of the readings from Reign of Christ Sunday and into this week's readings for the first Sunday of Advent, we get to talking about what we are waiting for, and what we should be doing while we are waiting. Which raises the question: Are we actually waiting? Join Mark B and Mark G as we kick off Season Two of Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for the First Sunday of Advent are: Isaiah 2:1-5 • Psalm 122 • Romans 13:11-14 • Matthew 24:36-44) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=1 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays

There's a reason why “Christ the King” Sunday is now called “Reign of Christ” Sunday in many places. Is “King and Kingdom” type language the best way to continue to talk about God's “Kingdom” when we've completely forgotten that God's “Kingdom” is completely upside down in comparison to what “Kingdoms” and “Empires” are really about?! Join Mark B and Mark G as we chew through this week's readings and get a better image of what this “Kingdom” and its “King” are really all about in this week's Between 2 Sundays. (The readings for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost are: Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Luke 1:68-79 • Colossians 1:11-20 • Luke 23:33-43) Find the readings and other resources to accompany them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=290 Find Mark B's posts at https://barefootfollower.life/ Find Mark G's posts at https://www.instagram.com/monkindocs/ Email us at between2sundays@gmail.com Check out all our other things at https://linktr.ee/between2sundays