Mark doesn't waste words in his Gospel.
His Jesus, the Jesus, is a man on a mission, determined, racing.
Mark doesn't waste words, but his words pack a punch and his brief descriptions beg for deep reflection.
Like a passenger in a car driving quickly, we can easily miss the details of the landscape if we don't pay careful attention.
Mark sets us on a race, but it's important to stop along the way.
A Path Strewn with Sinners sets us on Jesus' race to the cross, but it also ins.