Whom Jesus Loves

Whom Jesus Loves

Measuring our significance, our value, and even our purpose through being needed/wanted by others is as much a genuine struggle as it is a misstep. Truth be told that pursuit is not only fleeting, but it ultimately leads to despair. The pursuit we should strive, by...
Jesus Wears A Crown of Thorns

Jesus Wears A Crown of Thorns

The worship pastor at the local church that Myra and I attend asked a handful of people to write, and present, a brief thought/meditation and prayer for their annual Stations of the Cross service. I was one of them. She gave me Station #6: Jesus Wears A Crown of...
Meditation: Advent

Meditation: Advent

ADVENT is a time in which, for the Christian, the past, the present, and the future all seem to collide with great intentionality. PAST – We look back and remember when the Father said it was time and sent his Son, the Savior of the world, to be born of a...
Meditation: Easter Sunday

Meditation: Easter Sunday

Here we are at Easter Sunday. A day that started in continued mourning, but ended in joy unspeakable. For on that day the unimaginable occurred. But first the day began, at least in human eyes, in ruins as all that remained was a flicker in what seemed to be the...
Meditation: Holy Saturday

Meditation: Holy Saturday

Here we are at Holy Saturday. A day of silence. A day of anguish, despair, and uncertainty. As Jesus’s body lay in the tomb, his disciples had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. They were unaware that Christ was actively liberating the captives while...
Meditation: Good Friday

Meditation: Good Friday

Good Friday is not simply a moment in time. It’s an event of cosmic proportions that rippled and reverberated in all directions. As Christ hung on that cross exhaling his final breath, revelation was also exhaled – though not fully realized until Sunday...