Say to This Mountain Mark's Story of Discipleship - by Ched Meyers & Marie Dennis & Joseph Nangle Ofm & Cynthia Moe-Lobeda & Stuart Taylor

About the Book

With the editor the team of authors represented here share the conviction that Mark's story has transforming power only as it intersects with our own life-stories and the broader story of the times in which we live.

From the Back Cover

A "team-authored", popular-level version of Ched Myers' monumental study of Mark, Binding the Strong Man, which adapts its socio-literary method of reading to a work ideal for study and reflection by groups or individuals with limited background in biblical scholarship. Walter Wink called the best-selling Binding the Strong Man "quite simply the most important commentary on a book of scripture since Barth's Romans". Now, "Say to this Mountain" makes the powerful insights of that challenging commentary accessible and at the same time explores the connections between Mark's "handbook of discipleship" and the demands of our contemporary world. In "Say to this Mountain" Myers is joined by a team of authors, Catholic and Protestant, committed to the work of justice and peace, the renewal of the church, and to Christian discipleship. With Myers they share in the conviction that Mark's story has transforming power only as it intersects with our own life-stories and the broader story of the times in which we live. Together, this team has designed a process for reading the Gospel of Mark in which each of the three circles of story informs the other. Carefully organized in reading units for easy study each section includes two parts: "The Text in Context" looks briefly at the themes raised by each episode in Mark's Gospel. "The Word in Our World" draws out one common thread and reflects upon it in light of our contemporary situation. Throughout the book meditations and practical suggestions emphasize the connections between reflective prayer and concerted action.

About the Author

Ched Myers, an educator and activist, lives n Los Angeles. His books include Binding the Strong Man and Who will Roll Away the Stone?

Marie Dennis, former national chairperson of Pax Christi, works in Maryknoll justice and Peace Office in Washington, D.C.

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda is pursing doctorial studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Joseph Nangle, OFM, is executive Director of Franciscan Mission Service.

Stewart Taylor is co-pastor at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona.

Marie Dennis, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Joseph Nangle, and Stuart Taylor are authors of St. Francis and the Foolishness of God, also available from Orbis Books.