Question MARK: The Podcast
Question MARK: The Podcast is a no-holds-barred conversation about the self-proclaimed Greatest Story Ever Told, Mark’s Gospel. Each episode we look at a new aspect of this timeless story, and invite some fascinating guests from the worlds of religion, the creative arts and education to discuss it with us. If you’d like to throw in your penny’s worth in the form of a comment or question you’d be more than welcome. And please do subscribe or follow us on Apple, Spotify or YouTube as the more people who do this, the more the story gets heard! Thanks 😊
Welcome to Question MARK: The Podcast! Hosted by Stefan Smart, special guests will be exploring the Greatest Story Ever Told with open minds and open hearts. Each show, we will cover a key episode in the Gospel of that name and explore it with genuine curiosity and questioning. Expect guests from all different backgrounds, walks of life and schools of thinking.
Who better to discuss ‘Jesus Blesses Little Children’ in Mark 10:13-16, than the wonderful Linden Boothby? As well as being a gifted teacher, Linden works with the PottersHeart, an Adult Education Charity operating in some of the poorest communities in rural Kenya. By providing often quite basic education in health, nutrition, farming and business skills, Linden and her team enable village families to work their way out of poverty. If you’d like to find out more, or indeed contribute to what Linden does, you can read about PottersHeart here: https://www.pottersheart.org
By the way, if you think you already know what this episode is going to be about, a rather sentimental portrait of Jesus loving ‘little children’ – think again. As is so often the case with Mark, the apparent simplicity of the story masks a rich contextual and historical background – one that has profound implications for our understanding of the divine and what it means to live well.
