Holy Week

Let There Be Light!

Light walked out of a dark tomb on Resurrection Sunday. Light! It was a sunrise for the ages! Revolutionary light! Life-giving Light. We...

Am I an Answer to Jesus' Prayer?

Have you ever eavesdropped on someone’s private prayer for you? The closest I ever came was seeing my name written in my mother’s Bible...

Will You Really Lay Down Your Life?

It looks like small talk after the Passover meal. Jesus and his disciples talk while the women clear the table and set the room right. ...

Take Another Look!

Each person who investigated the tomb on that Easter day found the unexpected. Think about the soldiers who drew the short end of some...

Waiting in the Dark

Darkness is our enemy when it comes out of order and unexpected. A power outage that wipes out electricity and our quick access to light...

Why, God?

We prefer our saviors to look like one. Eugene Peterson paraphrased the first verse of Isaiah’s great prophecy: Who would have thought...

A Place at the Table

As Jesus and his disciples celebrate Passover, and nothing about the table was out of the ordinary. The disciples recognized the very...

He Emptied Himself

What does empty mean in a culture that loves full? We are about to take the last part of our journey. Everything we review in the next...

Are We Palm Sunday People?

Are we Palm Sunday People? For real. Not just on Sunday? On Monday, too? Scripture to guide your way to the cross . . Saturday When he...