She has done a beautiful thing to me. Matthew 26:10b NIV Earlier this week, I was talking with a college student who is following the social distance mandate to a T. She has been home since before spring break. And she also confessed to me that school is not going well. How does one focus…
Today is the first day of Lent. I grew up Methodist and we celebrated Lent, as did my Catholic cousins. During the time leading up to Easter we all engaged in a fast of sorts. Lent serves as an opportunity to give up something to remind us of how Jesus gave up His life for…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…