Mark did not know exactly what we would be scared of...

Mark did not know exactly what we would be scared of all these years later; he just knew we would be. By ending his gospel right there, right in the middle of a sentence, he also left us free to decide what to do about it. Will we tell or won’t we? Will we go got Galilee or won’t we? That is where the Lord Jesus has gone – not to the town of northern Israel, but to all the real places on earth that we have come from – where we bring up our children, earn our livings, pay our taxes, cast our votes. That is where God is raising the dead. If we want to practice resurrection, that is where we…