SHAKESPEARE AND AGAPE LOVE
Over the past few weeks, our pastor has nourished us with a banquet of scripture on the Love of God. If you haven’t taken the …
Parkway Chateau
It’s lovely. Stuffed animals with fixed grinsDance around a crepe paper Maypole Sunlight filters down through skylightsGlows warm on rosy wallsSparkles on crystal chandeliers. Lilies …
FULL CIRCLE IN THE UK
MARSTON VILLAGE If I’m dreaming, please don’t wake me up! I’m perched on the bed in the guestroom of our English hosts and longtime friends, …
AGED TRAVELERS
Biblically speaking, Abraham was all of 75 years old when he made the hike from Ur to Canaan, a distance of maybe 400 miles. So …
WHAT THE GUARDS SAW
Early Sunday morning, and darkness still shrouds the Judean hills. The Roman guards stamp their feet and shiver against the chill, longing for the warmth …
WHY HE CAME
Most of us are familiar with Isaiah 9:6-7; it’s a favorite Christmas text. But notice that the passage starts with the word “FOR”. What is …
MORE LIKE JESUS
It’s inevitable. Summer’s glory has faded and slanted into autumn’s waning light. We New Englanders feel the change and brace for another winter. We look …
SOMETHING TO BITE INTO
Everyone loves a luscious piece of fruit – a tree-ripened apple, a juicy peach. Ruby red strawberries. Maybe that’s why the result of the Holy …
72,000 ANGELS ON HOLD
The air was thick with the smell of fear. The powers of darkness, armed and dangerous, converged on the little group in the Garden. Jesus …