GRIEF-BEARER
The work of the Cross is endlessly faceted. “It is finished,” Jesus proclaimed as He released His spirit to the Father. The work was done. …
ONE THING AT A TIME
Have you ever been called upon to do several different things at once? As a Special Education teacher, I was frequently confronted with a roomful …
BEYOND BUNNIES AND BONNETS
Easter morning. Tucked in between my mother and father on the church pew, shivering a bit from the walk through the spring rain, I’m drawn …
WHAT WONDROUS LOVE IS THIS
Joseph of Arimathea summoned up the courage to seek an audience with Pilate and ask for the body of Jesus. He behaved prudently, so that …
DYNAMITE GRACE
“Grace and peace be unto you…” We sometimes read it without a pause, that old familiar greeting of Paul’s. Oh, yes, Grace. Of course. God’s …
WAIT! STOP WORKING?
Here is a passage worth a ponder or two. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also …
THE LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN
Some of us are old enough to remember the days of the Lone Ranger. He and his sidekick Tonto would gallop on the radio waves …
HEAD OVER HEELS
I was struck by the lyrics of one of Wynonna Judd’s C/W songs that I heard for the first time today. “She is His Only …
THE CHURCH THEY CAN’T IGNORE
Some Christian writers have recently observed that our post Christian culture has moved beyond Christianity while still “feasting on its fruits”. The theologian Tom Holland …
RIVERS OF LIVING WATER
It’s the Feast of Tabernacles, the Fall Feast of rejoicing; the harvest is in. The Israelite nation has gathered in Jerusalem for these seven days …