(Read John 15) The last couple of years, we’ve been forced to hunker down. When the weather’s nasty, it’s easy to get a warm mug of something to drink, a good book, a snuggly blanket, and just hibernate. However, the pandemic forced us inside for more than just a season. For some of us, we […]
Month: March 2022
Never Alone
(Read John 14) My mother died several years ago. Since then, I have had countless times when I wish I could share something with her – some good news, significant accomplishment, fun moment, or beautiful sight. Each time, I am touched with a unique kind of loneliness. I miss her! Death is a terrible, unnatural, […]
Unmistakable Love
(Read John 13) The whole idea of washing someone else’s feet (or having them wash yours) makes many people cringe. Just the thought of becoming that physically engaged with someone with whom we are not intimate makes us uncomfortable. And maybe that’s the point of Jesus’ actions as recorded in this passage. Some time ago, […]
It Matters (Matthew 25)
Jesus is within a few days of a death he has faced for months, perhaps years. He knows when and how he will die. He has a sense of the soon-to-come event as he shares two parables and an allegory with his disciples. Speaking privately (see Matthew 24:3) and urgently, He wants his closest followers […]
Dirt, Dust, and Ashes
Ah, Ash Wednesday! What a bittersweet reminder of what we really are… Say what? Human beings began as dirt. It wasn’t the wholesome substance with which we are familiar and in which something might grow. No, according to Scripture, humans were created from dry dust. Genesis 2:7 makes it clear that God started with the […]