Happy Easter

He is risen!  He is risen indeed! Today we celebrate the greatest day mankind has known.  The day Jesus Christ rose from the dead. What does that mean to you in your life? To me, it means everything.  I love the Lord.  And the only reason I can say that is because He first loved…

Good Friday

Luke 23 (NIV) Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.  And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.” So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have…

Maundy Thursday

Growing up in a Methodist church we celebrated Maundy Thursday.  If you grew up in a traditional denomination my guess is so did you.  If not, you missed out.  Today I attend a church that does not have a Maundy Thursday service and it makes me kind of sad.  I invite you to join me…

New Creation

Yesterday morning, as I was driving to work, I heard the story “The Ragman.”  If you have never read it or heard it, google it.  There are several performances of it on You Tube.  Here is a brief synopsis. It is the story of a ragman who would trade old rags for new rags.  Along the ragman’s journey he…

A Writer’s Reflection of Holy Week

I love writing.  It is a release for me.  It allows my creative juices to flow.  You may have noticed I haven’t written in about a month.  During that month our computer was giving us fits and we were trying to nurse it along.  Finally, it died.  I don’t like shopping for things like computers.  I told…

Jesus Visits the Temple

Matthew 21:12-14 “Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there.  He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.  ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a ‘den of…

Palm Sunday

John 12:12 – 13 & 17 – 18 “The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.  They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna!’  ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord!’ ‘Blessed is the King of…

Read a Devotional

We are already on Day 3 of Nurture Your Walk with the Lord.  Today is about reading a devotional alongside your Bible reading.  I don’t always read a devotional, but I find when I do, my walk does grow.  I am currently reading Managing Money God’s Way A 31-Day Devotional by Bob Litich.  A few…

Thanksgiving

Leviticus 7:12-13 NIV “If he offers it as an expression of thankfulness, then along with this thank offering he is to offer cakes of bread made without yeast and mixed with oil, and cakes of fine flour well-kneaded and mixed with oil.  Along with his fellowship offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering…

Just Say Yes

Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV “Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” I don’t know if my days are evil, but they are busy.  A few years into our marriage Kurt sat me down for a talk.  He told me I…