Personal Reflections For Pastors On The Lectionary Readings
Mark 2:1-12
Every time I read this text, I find myself dreaming and thinking, "Wouldn't it be great if we had this problem in our churches?" Can you imagine if your church was packed to the door, not for a funeral or wedding, but because people wanted to listen to your preaching? And to top it off, some would be so desperate to reach you; they would tear a hole in the roof and lower themselves down in front of the pulpit! We laugh, perhaps, at imagining a scene such as this in our own ministry. But this is what happened that day in Jesus' ministry.