Mark Faulkner

As we come to the second week of Lent we are drawing into the rebuke of Peter and Jesus’ upside-down call to take up the

We come to Transfiguration Sunday in the church year and this year we hear from the Gospel of Mark.  How can this passage be a

What is this thing we call Epiphany and how are those epiphanal moments we read about in the Bible connected to our own earthy, human

Rev. Yvonne Ghavalas and Rev. Mark Faulkner from the Saltbush team discuss Mary’s song of expectation and hope as she goes to visit Elizabeth; both

In this time of Advent, our second week, we read voices of hope and expectation “crying out in the wilderness”.  But where does hope sit

The parable of the Ten Bridesmaids has been read and held up in a myriad of ways throughout the ages, but is Matthew using this

We arrive at Matthew’s account of the Parable of the Wicked Tenants.  This challenging parable draws us to ponder the ways we reject God, but

A complex passage that takes us into the reality of discord in community.  A few thoughts for us as we explore life and faith together

Across the water, after the depth of the dark night, amongst the fear and distance from shore, the unexpected Christ comes to the disciples.  This

Rev. Peter Overton and Rev. Mark Faulkner bring you our Saltbush Word Around the Bush as we explore five little parables about the Kingdom of