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'The Naked Man' is a creative re-telling of the Gospel of Mark in the Bible, imagining what it might have been like to hear the stories of Jesus for the first time, and exploring the questions that those stories raise.

Sean Gladding


    • Jul 25, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 9m AVG DURATION
    • 61 EPISODES


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    Episode 58 - Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 13:03


    That awkward moment when Jesus used an ethnic slur. (Texts referenced: Isaiah 56.3, 7; Genesis 12.3; Mark 7.24-27; Matthew 4.24; Mark 7.28-31)

    Episode 57 - Widow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 12:04


    More than likely, you've heard at least one sermon on "the widow's mite", probably when your church was asking for additional funding for something. But is that an appropriate story for such a purpose? (Texts referenced: Mark 12.41-44; 13.1-2)

    Episode 56 - Scribe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 11:10


    All too often, unscrupulous people hide their exploitative behavior behind a thin veneer of respectability. But this is nothing new... (Text referenced: Mark 12.38-40)

    Episode 55 - Korban

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 11:13


    Jesus condemns religious people who pass laws that knowingly harm others. (Text referenced: Mark 7.6-13)

    Episode 54 - Purity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 10:25


    Purity culture always leads to judgment and exclusion. Jesus says we're missing the point. (Texts referenced: Mark 7.1-5, 14-15, 17-23)

    Episode 53 - Healing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 8:32


    The gathering wrestles with the question of whether God still heals people today. (Texts referenced: Mark 6.53-56; 5.25-34)

    Episode 52 - Paul

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 9:37


    Mark tells Yiftach about the painful memory of abandoning Paul and Barnabas. (Texts referenced: Acts 12.25; 13.4-5, 13; 15.1-6, 22, 35-40; Philemon 24; 2 Timothy 4.11)

    Episode 51 - Ghost

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 8:42


    The disciples are caught in a storm, their boat being swamped, when a ghostly figure appears... (Texts referenced: Exodus 33.14-23; 1 Kings 19.9-12; Mark 6.49-52)

    Episode 50 - Rift

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 8:44


    Yiftach parts ways with an old friend, then has a difficult night with his new ones. (Texts referenced: Mark 6.45-48; John 6.15)

    Episode 49 - Giora

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 9:54


    What do you do when you feel disappointed by or angry at a friend? Perhaps even betrayed? Yiftach is about to find out.

    Episode 48 - 5,000

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 10:41


    What really happened during one of the most well-known events in the Gospels? (Texts referenced: Mark 6.38-43; Exodus 18.21)

    Episode 47 - Sheep

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 10:49


    Whose interests do our leaders serve best? (Texts referenced: Mark 6.30-36, 44; Numbers 27.17ff; Ezekiel 34.5, 11-16)

    Episode 46 - Beheaded

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 8:31


    “All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.” Herod makes a strong case for Sophocles' argument. (Texts referenced: Mark 6.21-28; 6.16, 29.)

    Episode 45 - Herodias

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 7:54


    What happens when you speak truth to power? (Texts referenced: Mark 6.14-20)

    Episode 44 - Sent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 6:40


    Jesus sends the disciples out on mission. (Texts referenced: Mark 6.7-9; 3.14-15; 6.10-13)

    The Naked Man returns!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 4:21


    A short account of The Naked Man's lengthy hiatus before it returns.

    Episode 43 - Demeaned

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 9:30


    Has someone ever tried to make you feel 'less than' in front of others? You're not alone in that experience... (Texts referenced: Mark 6.1, 2-3, 4, 5-6a; 3.31-35; 6.6b)

    Episode 42 - Daughters

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 10:21


    What kind of faith do you need to be healed? (Texts referenced: Mark 5.37-40a; 4.26-29; 5.40b; 5.41; 5.42a; 5.42c-43; 5.42b)

    Episode 41 - Fringes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 11:13


    Two desperate people reach out for help from Jesus, and risk much in doing so. (Texts referenced: Mark 5.21-23, 25-26, 27-29, 30-31, 32-34; Malachi 4.2)

    Episode 40 - Newcomers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 7:54


    Introducing some new characters to the gathering in Miryam's courtyard.

    Episode 39 - Repression

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 10:43


    What do we do when people act out that which we try to repress? (Texts referenced: Mark 5.14-15; 16-17; 18-20)

    Episode 38 - Legion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 9:22


    Outside of horror movies, we don't tend to talk much about demons or unclean spirits these days. But perhaps we should. (Texts referenced: Mark 5.1-5; 6-8; 9-10; 11-13. The Gerasa massacre happened in 68 CE.)

    Episode 37 - Prejudice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 9:23


    Divisions that threaten to tear apart communities have always been encouraged by those who fear change.

    Episode 36 - Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 8:50


    As a storm builds in Jerusalem, Mark tells the story of a storm Jesus encountered. Or maybe a storm that encountered Jesus... (Texts referenced: Mark 4.35-37; 38-39; Psalm 107.23, 28-29)

    Episode 35 - Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 10:37


    What hope have you held for a long time? Have you ever considered giving up on what you're waiting for? You're not alone...

    Episode 34 - Small

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 12:20


    Mark, mustard seeds and the little things we do. (Texts referenced: Mark 4.26-29; Joel 3.13, 3.10; Mark 4.30-32; Isaiah 2.4; Mark 4.33-34)

    Episode 33 - Revealed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 8:28


    Some secrets lie in plain sight - for those with eyes to see... (Texts referenced: Mark 4.21-23; 24-25)

    Episode 32 - Sowing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 11:02


    Just because a story is short, doesn't always mean it's easier to follow... (Texts referenced: Mark 4.10-12; 13; 14-17; 18-19; 20)

    Episode 31 - Soil

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 9:00


    One of Jesus' best-known parables, but perhaps we struggle to hear it because of our over-familiarity... (Texts referenced: Mark 3.35; 4.1-9)

    Episode 30 - Daniel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 8:35


    "There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother." But there are brothers who push their siblings away... (My allergies are doing a number on me at the moment, so I apologize in advance for my crackly voice.)

    Episode 29 - Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 10:59


    Working and doing school from home is putting a strain on many of our familial relationships. At times it may feel like we're losing our minds. Mark has a story to tell about that... (Texts referenced: Mark 3.21; 31-32; 33-35; Mark 8.35)

    Episode 28 - Unforgivable

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 11:21


    Are there sins you consider unforgivable? Jesus says there is one - but the perpetrators of that sin might just surprise you. Or maybe not... (Texts referenced: Mark 3.23-25; 11.15-16; 13.2, 35; Mark 1.7; Mark 3.30)

    Episode 27 - Beelzebul

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 8:36


    We're living in a cultural moment where we increasingly believe the worst about others, ascribing all manner of motivations to other's behavior. Jesus knows a thing or two about that... (Texts referenced: Mark 3.20-21; 22; 23-30)

    Episode 26 - Names

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 8:59


    What's in a name? All kinds of things - relationships, memories, identity. And power... (Texts referenced: Mark 3.7-10; 11-12; Mark 1.34; Mark 3.13-19)

    Episode 25 - Resistance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 11:48


    What comes to mind when you hear the word "resistance"? What happens when the act of resistance to oppression becomes oppressive itself? (Texts referenced: Mark 13.13; Mark 3.1-6)

    Episode 24 - Bread

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 8:12


    Restrictions on public dining outdoors are nothing new... (Texts referenced: Mark 2.23-28; Mark 12.37)

    Episode 23 - Wineskins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 7:42


    A pandemic brings all kinds of changes, not least to what it means to be the church when our buildings are closed. But having to find new ways to do things is not always bad... (Text referenced: Mark 2.21-22)

    Episode 22 - Hunger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 10:43


    It's not only pandemics that cause sudden changes in financial security. (Texts referenced: Exodus 16.16-18; Luke 18.12; Matthew 6.16-18; Mark 2.18-20; Leviticus 16.29; Zechariah 8.19)

    Episode 21 - Solidarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 10:43


    Jesus is critiqued for his choice of whom to share his life with. (Text referenced: Mark 2.13-17)

    Episode 20 - W(hole)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 9:25


    People desperate to help a friend engage in some property destruction... (Texts referenced: Mark 2.1-12; Daniel 7.13-14)

    Episode 19 - Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 11:44


    People trying to secure their power by using the suffering of others is nothing new... (Texts referenced: Acts 12.25; 14.21-24; 15.36-40; Mark 1.35; 36-39; 40-45)

    Episode 18 - Benyamin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 11:22


    We meet one of Mark's brothers for the first time, and hear the burden parent's choices sometimes lays on children's narrow shoulders. (Text referenced: Matthew 6.34)

    Episode 17 - Communitas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 9:07


    As the ecclesia departs for the night, Mark hears more of Yiftach's story, and an unexpected visitor arrives...

    A brief message from Sean

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 0:50


    The reason for the hiatus in recording.

    Episode 16 - Demon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 10:57


    Jesus teaches in public for the first time - and elicits a dramatic response. (Texts referenced: Mark 1.21-22; 23-26; 27-28; 29-34)

    Episode 15 - Fishermen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 10:46


    Mark recounts the story of the first people to walk away from their former life to follow Jesus, and I revisit a song from my childhood. (Texts referenced: Mark 3.35; 2 Corinthians 1.2; Mark 1.14-20; Jeremiah 16.16; Amos 4.2; Ezekiel 29.4)

    Episode 14 - Struggle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 10:36


    When governments fail their people - whether in the first or twenty-first century - what constitutes "good news" for those who struggle for the basics of life? (Texts referenced: Mark 1.14-15; 4.30-32; 10.13-16)

    Episode 13 - Baptism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 10:04


    Ever wondered why Jesus was baptized? Mark has something to say about that in this episode. (Texts referenced: Mark 1.9; Mark 11.9-10; Mark 1.10-11; Isaiah 64.1-4; Mark 1.12; 13)

    Episode 12 - Wilderness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 10:30


    Mark discusses where revolutionary change often begins. (Texts referenced: 2 Peter 1.2; Malachi 3.1; Exodus 23.20; Mark 1.2, 3/Isaiah 40.3; Mark 1.7-8, 9)

    Episode 11 - Elijah

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 10:40


    Adolescent memories of divisive events surface. (Texts referenced: 2 Kings 1.9-18; 1.8; Mark 1.4; Malachi 4.5; 1 Kings 21; Mark 1.14; 1.7)

    Episode 10 - Propaganda

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 10:28


    Mark responds to an exponent of the myth of redemptive violence. (Texts referenced: Mark 1.1; Judges 11-12 – Jephthah; Mark 1.4-5; 1.2-3).

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