Baptism is powerful. It's fundamental. It gets listed alongside Jesus and faith. But why? Why should I be so eager to be baptised, and what actually happens when I am?

What does it mean for God to be "Our Father in Heaven"? What if we have had a bad experience, or no experience, of a human dad? How can we display the Father-heart of God towards others?

Jesus encounters rejection in his home town and then commissions his disciples to Go.  There are things in this passage that will help us as we go and tell the good news.

Sometimes life seems hopeless. How can Jesus bring faith, joy and hope in hopeless situations: whether it's a long-term problem or a sudden crisis?

Storms hit us in life and it can seem like we're drowing with no-one to help. How does it make a different to have Jesus in the boat?

Disciples of Jesus are not only called to listen well to Jesus, but to spread his message so others can hear and respond to him too. How can we sow words about Jesus into people's lives about the hope that he brings and the difference he has made in our lives?

How can we listen well to Jesus, keep listening and grow as his disciples? What does he tell us about different responses we can have to him, even some which look positive to begin with but do not last. What dangers do we need to watch out for?

Mark presents us with two possibilities of life and Jesus, and asks us a very challenging question: would Jesus call me family? At the same time he weaves in some beautiful truths about our saviour, Jesus.