You Tube Theology

The reading for Trinity 8 in this Year B in the lectionary is rather odd—a selection of verses sliced out of Mark's narrative, Mark 6.30-34, 53-56. It separates the 'bread', the description of Jesus' ministry, from the jam or the meat of the sandwich, the feeding of the 5,000, which we consider next week from John 6.

Despite this looking like crumbs from the table of the narrative, there is in fact some serious food to chew on in relation to Jesus' ministry—what it is like, who it attracts, and how the apostles, both here and in Acts, continue this ministry.

Come and join Ian and James as they explore the text and the issues it raises. Revd James Blandford-Baker is vicar of Histon and Impington, two villages just north of Cambridge. Revd Dr Ian Paul is Associate Minister of St Nic's, Nottingham, and writes the widely-read blog www.psephizo.com. We hope you enjoy the new video format.

Full written commentary behind the discussion can be found on the blog each week.