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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: Side by Side
Description: Side by Side – In today’s reading from Mark, two of the disciples of Jesus ask to sit at his right and left when Jesus enters his glory. The Rev. Aimee Baxter, our Pastor of Young Adults, delivers the sermon today. She says that the motivation for James and John to ask this is not clear – do they want to be close to Jesus, or is it a power grab? In any case, Jesus realizes they just don’t get it – being at the front has nothing to do with prestige and everything to do with humility. The other disciples are angry...