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Holy Week: Day 3 — Don’t Just Be Amazed
In this short series, we’ll spend a few minutes every day meditating on Jesus’ journey to the Cross. From Palm Sunday to Resurrection Day, this is a sacred period in the Christian calendar—a week that changed everything.
Don’t Just Be Amazed
Read: Matthew 21:42-46
In my Bible, chapters 21 to 26 of Matthew are mostly in red, indicating ...
Holy Week — Day 2: An Invitation to Overturn Tables
In this short series for Holy Week, we’ll spend a few minutes every day meditating on Jesus’ journey to the Cross. From Palm Sunday to Resurrection Day, this is a sacred week in the Christian calendar—a week that changed everything.
An Invitation to Overturn Tables
Read: Matthew 21: 12-17
“But everyone else is doing it.”
Perhaps that’s a statement ...
Holy Week – Day 1: The Gift of Self-Forgetfulness
In this short series, we’ll spend a few minutes every day meditating on Jesus’ journey to the Cross. From Palm Sunday to Resurrection Day, this is a sacred week in the Christian calendar—a week that changed everything.
The Gift of Self-Forgetfulness
In the part of the world where I live, when a minister or important government official ...
Come and See—An Easter Reflection
One of my favorite jewelry pieces is a cross pendant my parents gifted me for my 21st birthday. More than two decades later, I still treasure the gift. It's delicate and pretty, but I love it because it represents something intrinsically central to my faith—the cross of Calvary.
As Christians, our church services and our meditations often ...
The Sound Of Stillness—A Silent Saturday Reflection
The Sound Of Stillness
Saturday interjects a pause;
Friday laments suffering
Anguish and death,
Sunday proclaims wonder
Joy and life,
Saturday stands still, but He still speaks—
Even in the silence.
Saturday holds space for grief;
It doesn’t hasten us to “move on.”’
It gives us permission
To mourn,
To doubt,
To weep—
Even as we wrestle.
Saturday reminds us of the truth;
The God of the Sabbath
Directs our hearts
To be ...
Jesus Didn’t Give His Life Because Of This—A Good Friday Reflection
“Nothing in my hands I bring, Simply to the Cross I cling.”
These lyrics from one of my favorite hymns, “Rock of Ages” fill me with sorrow and wonder, grief and joy, amazement and awe—that God would become man and choose to lay down His life for me.
But I am also relieved. There’s nothing more I ...
What Does It Mean To Love God?—A Maundy Thursday Reflection
As I knelt by my bed and reflected on the Cross this week, I felt compelled to respond to God’s incredible love and sacrifice. My eyes brimmed with tears as I thought about that ponderous, numbingly horrendous journey Jesus took to Golgotha. Without a doubt, my heart was moved and my spirit was stirred
I pulled ...
Where Sorrow and Love Flow Mingled Down
My 13-year-old daughter and I were chatting about Sunday service at our church when she commented, “You know, mama, when the speaker asked the congregation what important day was coming up, I almost said, “Black Friday” instead of “Good Friday.”
Clearly, Black Friday sales seem to be deeply ingrained in my daughter’s teenage psyche. She has ...
As We Enter Holy Week
At the start of the year I whispered a prayer: "God, I want to press on to take hold of that for which You took hold of me." My 'word for 2023' was not a word but a phrase—"press on"
I didn’t want 2023 to pass by in a blur of busyness or the lull of ...
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