In this 37 min podcast we move deeper into Mark's Gospel, and pick up the theme that concludes the last presentation (Mk 3.31-35) concerned with the identity of Jesus' true kinship household. This provides the primary theme that Mark explores over chapters 4 to 6. In a carefully crafted literary pattern, the evangelist juxtaposes boat-household scenes as the Gospel auditor continues to ponder the nature of Jesus' household of disciples. The boat becomes the metaphor or 'mirror' of Mark's own Gospel household. What happens in the boat is instructional for Mark's audience. 

The podcast consists of:

Notes (from the Catholic Parish of Lockleys in South Australia--www.lockleysparish.com) that accompanies this presentation can be found here.