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March 28, 2024
Death Defying Faith Finding ourselves walking through the final events of Holy Week, most of us prefer to vault from seeing Jesus around the table with his closest circle to the glory-filled, Sunday morning, resurrection. We opt to squeeze all the middle events into a little box in the corner of our minds, casting them a mere sideways glance. The box contains, in the least, dreadfulness. In the extreme, gruesome horror, depending on our willingness to recount all He suffered...
April 6, 2023
How to Experience Easter while Wrestling a Hard Celebrations and hards do not mingle well. Yet, just ahead, Resurrection Sunday, the greatest celebration of the redeemed. How do we consider Jesus’ difficult journey during Holy Week when we’re buried in our own? How do we celebrate Sunday when difficulty has stalled our hearts in Saturday? Perhaps we need a changed perspective of what it means to contemplate and celebrate. Contemplation doesn’t mean completely pushing our own experiences aside to examine...
April 9, 2020
As we begin the transition from the final days of Lent into the Easter week-end, we pace ourselves to take in all that took place in the final days of Jesus’ experience and the dramatic, eternal alteration in heaven and earth. To help understand not just what happened in the physical world, but what transpired in the spiritual realm, we ask ourselves these two questions: “What if Jesus had not come? Where would I be?” Does the answer to those...
April 18, 2019
Holidays during a period of hard can be overwhelming. Detailed preparation for gatherings, with special services and events filling the calendar, and your heart struggles to care. If you are facing this Easter week feeling worn out and grasping for hope, lay expectations down, whether from yourself or others. Take time to peel away the layers of unnecessary, and focus on the core remembrances of this season. Walking through periods of difficulty presents the perfect time to get concerns off...