We will be reading one chapter each week of the book, The Last Week by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossman. For this week read the preface and chapter 1.

Each week we will focus on four basic questions...

1) What struck you in the reading for the week: i.e. what did you learn that surprised, confused, or upset you? What brought you hope or helped you see the in-breaking of God's kingdom in the midst of Jesus' last week as the story is told in Mark's Gospel?

2)  How did what you learned enhance, support, or challenge what you thought you knew related to the story of Jesus and the Christian movement?  

3)  Where in our own time do you see some of the same (or similar) cultural/political/institutional (even religious) issues at play?  

4)  How might the reading for today inform our response as Christians to the issues/challenges/injustices of our day?