Lent Series | Week 3 | Examining our Motives for Worship & Generosity

This week we look continue our look at the last week of Jesus life in the Gospel of Mark. In our passage (Mark 12:38-44) Jesus observes the worship and giving of the religious leaders in the temple in juxtaposition with the presence and generosity of the widows among them. We take time to see how Jesus' attention to the motives and goals of our worship is not a new idea but rather one that can be found as far back as God's commands back in Deuteronomy. This short passage has a lot to say to us as Jesus continues to move closer to the center of our worship (quite literally in the story) as he highlights the hypocrisy and disordered motives in our worship and practices of community.