I’ve been doing some more reading of that Mark passage we’re working on for the weekend: 8:14-21 (see my previous blog). Jesus sees the bread as a teaching opportunity, as something more than a loaf a bread. While the disciples are anxious about their poor lunch planning, Jesus is anxious about religious folks who will attempt to ruin the message he is bringing for all people.

Sometimes when we get so focused on one problem or issue, we miss anything else that might draw our attention or even be more important. The disciples are doing just that in the boat while Jesus is trying to show them something more. I don’t want to miss the more for my myopic focus on the less, whatever that “less” may be for me today.