"Ask the Next Question," a Sermon by Amy Starr Redwine from Mark

Amy Starr Redwine, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, begins this Sunday’s sermon from Mark 9:30-37 with children’s questions about God. She says, “Asking questions is one of the ways we learn about the world and the people around us. And while children are notorious for asking questions, something tends to happen to many of us, if not all of us, as we grow and learn. We become hesitant to ask our questions. In today’s passage we hear the second of three so-called passion predications that Jesus makes in Mark’s gospel. The disciples must have been filled with questions. But they were confused, and afraid. And so in their fear, and anxiety, and uncertainty, they kept quiet. They didn’t ask Jesus what his prediction really meant.” But what if they had?