If someone asked you to sum up Christian faith in just one sentence, one overarching idea, or one call to action what would you say? When Jesus is asked which is the greatest commandment, his reply is a two-for-one deal that is both highly innovative and steeped in tradition.

This week, to finish up this short series, Andrea takes a turn going through Jesus’s teaching on the greatest commandment in Mark 12: 28-31. Rather than tying up all the loose ends, she shares some of the things that she is still thinking about in this text, including what standing in solidarity with the other looks like, and acknowledging how difficult it can be in this life-long process of loving God and loving your neighbour.

If someone asked you to sum up Christian faith in just one sentence, one overarching idea, or one call to action what would you say? When Jesus is asked which is the greatest commandment, his reply is a two-for-one deal that is both highly innovative and steeped in tradition.

This week, Kim looks at Jesus’s teaching on the greatest commandment in Mark 12: 28-31. She goes back into the Hebrew Bible to help us understand how Deuteronomy 6 and Leviticus 19 help to shape Jesus' answer; the commandment is not to love, the commandment is to listen. Loving God and loving our neighbour grows as our response to listening and paying attention around us.

At the end of John’s Gospel, Jesus tells Peter to feed and love his sheep. As disciples, we are called to do the same and care for God’s people…but who are the sheep and what does feeding them look like? In this series we will explore stories from throughout the Bible where Jesus, disciples, prophets, and the Spirit love and care for others.

This week, Todd concludes our series with a reflection on Ezekiel 34, where God promises to shepherd his people with justice, compassion, and care. Through this vision of the Good Shepherd, we are reminded that God's heart is for those who are lost, wounded, and overlooked—and that following Jesus means joining in that work of restoration.