Tag: gerasa

  • 22nd June 2025, Year C, Proper 7 (12)

    St Luke 8:26-39 Jesus casts out demons 8:26 Then they arrived at the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 8:27 As he stepped out on shore, a man from the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had not worn any clothes, and he did not live in a…

  • Preaching Paths 23 June 2024 Proper 7

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary The story known as “the stilling of the storm” (Mk 4:35-41) is one of two such stories in Mark (cf 6:47-53). The vast majority of sermons based on today’s text treat this boat-in-a-storm metaphorically: the boat is either the church or one’s life situation; the storm represents…