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The Sunday lectionary gospel reading for Trinity 18 in this Year B is Mark 9.38–50. It is a rather unusual reading; it completes the collection of sayings that we began last week, and there is some continuity across the two passages; and it does belong (as we noted last week) to a section of teachings of Jesus in between narrative sections.

On the one hand, the boundaries of the kingdom of God are open—yet on the other, the responsibilities of the kingdom are serious, for others and for ourselves.

Come and join Ian and James as they explore these questions! Revd James Blandford-Baker is vicar of Histon and Impington, two villages just north of Cambridge. Revd Dr Ian Paul is Associate Minister of St Nic's, Nottingham, and writes the widely-read blog www.psephizo.com.

Full written commentary behind the discussion can be found on the blog here: https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/the-kingdom-is-both-desperately-serious-and-delightfully-accessible-in-mark-9/