Mark's Gospel is known for its stark and spare style. Read again the story of the crucifixion in the post below. How does paring the story to its bare elements shape your reading and response?
In Mark's (and Matthew's) account, Jesus cries out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Most human's feel this sense of abandonment by God more than once in their lifetime. Have you? And what does it mean to you that Jesus felt it as well?
What about John August Swanson's painting (in the post below) speaks to you?
Here's a detail from the painting:
Who do you think these people are? How do you read their expressions and gestures?
Here's another detail:
What do you make of this person, alone at the bottom of the painting?
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