Scripture: Mark 4:21-25

This week’s Sunday Sermon centers around a unique and short parable about the purpose of a lamp. What’s the purpose of a lamp? To shed light, of course. Simple. What’s the point of a lamp if it’s hidden under a bowl? So, in one aspect, part of this parable is as simple as singing the old children’s song, “This Little Light of Mine, I’m Going to Let It Shine.”

However, another aspect of this parable is more complicated. Jesus urges us to lean into what it means to truly understand the light that has come. Just as light itself behaves in a complicated way—as both waves and particles—who Jesus is in all his fullness, majesty, and power is beyond our full comprehension. Still, the challenge remains: may Scripture’s manifestation of Jesus so influence your faith tha ...