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The Resurrection

The Resurrection – April 17 – Luke 24:5-9 I wonder what Mary felt as the chief priests and the Romans made a mockery of Jesus’ death. There, on the hill of skulls, they lynched him, nailed him to a tree of shame and degraded him in front of a raucous crowd. Ironically, the whole affair&hel Read More

Peace in the Time of Trouble

April 14 – Sheltering in Place: John 20:19-22 Life as they knew it had suddenly changed. Now here they were, hiding out, terrified and confused on the evening of the resurrection. They were desperately seeking answers to the many questions they must have had. Then, without warning, Jesus showe Read More

Find What Brings You Joy!

April 7 – Find What Brings You Joy! Philippians 3:4b-14 Someone recently gifted me a journal engraved with the title, “Find What Brings You Joy and Go There.” What a powerful sentiment, I thought as I put the journal on the bookcase beside my other notebooks, ledgers, and binders. You see, I h Read More

Now what?

March 31 – Now what? Isaiah 43:1-7 When I read today’s scripture, I thought about our present situation. After many months of being restricted by the coronavirus and its variants, people are asking, now what? Some people have started to experience what psychologists call “pandemic pani Read More

Do Not Lose Heart

March 24 – Do Not Lose Heart: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 The old folks used to say, “it comes in threes.” Death, that is. Or maybe it comes in fours or more. The frequency is irrelevant. The inevitability goes without saying. Here one day. Gone the next. Today’s Scripture teaches us not to lo Read More

Insight Before Eyesight

March 17 – Insight Before Eyesight: Mark 10:46-52 So, here is Bartimaeus, the blind man, standing face-to-face with Jesus. “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked. The man could have requested countless things – the possibilities are endless. But standing in front of Jesus that Read More

A Love Note of Hope

March 10 – A Love Note of Hope: Jeremiah 29:10-13 It was a letter to remember. A message from God. A love note of hope to a people in despair. Although God’s chosen people were to spend the next several decades in Babylonian exile, the prophet Jeremiah advised them to go ahead with their Read More

The Practice of Fasting

March 3 – The Practice of Fasting: Isaiah 58:1-6 The contemporary practice of fasting serves at least three general purposes. First, fasting prepares us to assume an attitude of conformance to God’s purpose and to God’s will. Second, fasting cleanses us, providing a time for purging of the phy Read More

A Time for Repentance

The Beginning of Lent Today marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day observance (not counting Sundays) that starts on Ash Wednesday, when our foreheads are marked with ashes as a sign of mortality and penitence. The Lenten season provides a time for examining our relationship with God. It’s a time fo Read More