This morning, as I stepped out onto our patio to feed the feral family visiting our backyard, my eyes caught a crisp, fresh, new rose bloom greeting our world. Despite a few blemishes, its beauty shouted, “I am alive! I am alive!” Being greeted by new life on Easter morning, reminded me of Jesus, God’sContinue reading “An Unblemished Rose | Happy Easter”
Today is the Day | A Good Friday Reflection
Today is the day. A man known to humans as Jesus, a man who God, the Father, calls Son, carried His cross to Calvary. There, he hung from it, beaten, scoured, bleeding, and bruised, all in order to reconcile us, the Creator’s Creation, to God Himself. Some 2,000 years ago, this man called Jesus paidContinue reading “Today is the Day | A Good Friday Reflection”
Holy Week: the Celebratory Joy Surrounding Palm Sunday
The past 10-12 days felt like a whirlwind. Just the other day, it seems, Terri and I were celebrating my Mom’s 85th birthday. And here we are kicking off Holy Week 2023, starting with Palm Sunday. What thoughts fill your mind when you contemplate Holy Week? For Christians anywhere and everywhere, Holy Week is anContinue reading “Holy Week: the Celebratory Joy Surrounding Palm Sunday”
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