Author Archives: Mark Zimmerman

The Scriptures are full of stories of storms at sea. Paul was shipwrecked. Jonah was thrown overboard because of a storm at sea. The lessons for this Sunday speak of…

It was not the best of days for Jesus. In the Gospel reading this past Sunday we get a glimpse of some of the negativity that Jesus constantly had to endure….

At the end of their time wandering in the wilderness after the miraculous events of the Exodus, Israel was about to face one of its biggest challenges—they were about to…

One of my favorite passages in Scripture is Isaiah’s description of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 52 and 53. While in the Old Testament, it is such a beautiful explanation of…

Help, God— the bottom has fallen out of my life! Master, hear my cry for help! Listen hard! Open your ears! Listen to my cries for mercy. If you, God,…