"2009 Catholic Press Association Award Winner "
To read the Gospel of Mark is to embark on a journey that begins
in a desert and ends with a boulder rolled away from the tomb. In
between, Jesus teaches his disciples, calls them to journey and
learn what it means to follow him, and guides them to Jerusalem,
the scene of the Passion.
In "The Spiritual Landscape of Mark, " Bonnie Thurston has
adapted a retreat that she gave to the Society of the Sacred Cross
at Tymawr Convent in Wales, thereby inviting all of us to embark on
this spiritual journey. Mark's gospel is full of places' desert,
house, sea, valley, mountain, city, cross, garden and the winding
roads between them. Thurston's prose invites us to go away to a
quiet place and reflect awhile on what it means to be Jesus's
disciple, to follow him across the hard landscape. Along the way
there will be glimpses of his glory when he stills the storm and is
transfigured on the mountain, when he heals the sick and feeds the
hungry. Still, the primary lesson is the difficult way to which we
are called, along with the great joy of knowing that Jesus has
initiated the journey and leads us exactly where we need to go.
"Bonnie B. Thurston, PhD, lives in West Virginia in solitude.
She is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and
the author of several books, including "Philippians" in the "Sacra
Pagina" series and "Religious Vows, the Sermon on the Mount, and
Christian Living" (Liturgical Press), and "Preaching Mark"
(Fortress Press)."
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