Embodying Mark: Following Jesus with heart, mind and strength

• Ideal for Lent and as a resource for groups and individuals for Year B• Encourages engagement with the text, which the author calls ‘embodied lectio divina’• Encourages reading and hearing the Gospel story out loud, supported by online videosEmbodying Mark invites readers on a journey through the entire Gospel, accompanying Jesus from his baptism to his empty tomb. The book offers a close reading of eight focus passages, drawing attention to key details that throw light on Mark’s portrait of Jesus. Each chapter also offers exercises for praying and embodying the text through various forms of creative expression.Meda Stamper is a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and has served as a pastor in the United Reformed Church in England. She has performed one-woman recitals of the Gospels of Mark and John, and has written for the Journal for Preachers, WorkingPreacher.org, and the acclaimed Feasting on the Word series, published by WJK.