Minister's message
‘Shaken, but also stirred’
It is an unfinished story. Women walk to a tomb expecting to anoint the dead Jesus, but instead are confronted with an open tomb, and a man advising them not to be alarmed; that Jesus had been raised, and that they were to relate the news to Peter and the other disciples. Yet they were seized with amazement and terror, and said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. At this point the gospel of Mark ends – subsequent verses are later additions...