I sit in my mother’s place at the vinyl-covered table, and it feels strange. One day I serve my dad scrambled eggs, and on another he serves me a fried egg. I ask how he makes it so perfect, and he shows me how he baptizes it with water and covers it with a […]
Easter Sunday: ALIVE!
He was sheer weakness and humiliation when he was killed on the cross, but oh, he’s alive now—in the mighty power of God! ~2 Corinthians 13:4a (Message)
Still Saturday: That I Might Become What I Was Not
They called him every name in the book and he said nothing back. He suffered in silence, content to let God set things right. He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be rid of sin, free to live the right way. His wounds became your healing. […]
I Thirst (Repost)
They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out. ~Isaiah 48:21 (NIV) I thirst. Did the words wake me or did they wait on my headboard to pounce at the first sign of activity? They seared […]
Because the Father Turned His Face (Repost)
He came on a colt. The fragrance of His coming preceded Him. A King bent on a peace mission. Hailed in the name of the Lord. But hearts would harden, spittle would fly, and fists would fall. Bone-and-metal-tipped strips would find their marks. He would be ripped apart like the temple curtain. Thorns would gash […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: He. Is. Risen!
Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here. HE. IS. RISEN! Luke 24:5-6 (NIV) Resurrection Blessings,
Saturday Snaps: Contemplating the Cross
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. ~Luke 9:23 Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him […]
Fuel for the Weekend: I Thirst
They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out. ~Isaiah 48:21 (NIV) I thirst. I don’t know if the words shook me awake a couple weeks ago or if they waited on my headboard to pierce […]
