Sandwiched between the accounts of the beheading of John the Baptist and the feeding of the five thousand in Mark’s recounting of Jesus’ life and teaching is this encouragement: “Come away by yourselves and rest a while.” (Mark 6:31a) The concept of coming away from assigned ministry responsibilities (Mark 6:7-13) because of the pressure of those tasks (“many were coming and going, and they had no…

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