Chapters 5 & 6 | Gospel of Mark

You’re listening to Happy & Holy, the podcast where Scripture comes to life through a small group discussion. This season as we talk through the rough and tumble gospel of Mark, you get to be a fly on the wall and see what new things we learn with and from one another as we engage Scripture in community.

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On Today’s show, I’m joined by Chris Morris and Jenna DeWitt. 

Jenna DeWitt is an aromantic asexual Methodist. She spent a decade writing and editing in Christian media, and now edits websites, books, articles, curriculum, blogs, technical writing, and more. She holds a bachelor of arts in journalism from Baylor University and lives in sunny Southern California. You can read her blog, Invisible Cake Society, at invisiblecakesociety.com and find her on Twitter at @Jenna_DeWitt for more on queer advocacy within the church, singleness, mental health, and pop culture. 

Chris Morris is a Christian mental health advocate who writes and speaks about mental health and chronic illnesses at chrismorriswrites.com. He’s been married for over 20 years to the love of his life Barbara, and together they’re raising mostly-adult kids, because parenting never ends. Not that he doesn’t love his kids - it’s just different talking with grown ups who still want help adulting.

The three of us get together to talk about the Jesus who rests, what it means to worship, and what story parallels from the Old Testament come through as John the Baptists meets his fate.

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