John 20:1-18 I carried the Sacrament of Holy Communion to one of our own the other day. It is quite certain he will not walk through the doors of our church ever again in this lifetime — and certainly not this Easter. So I filled a communion kit with wafers and wine and enough small …
Month: March 2018
Time Itself Hinged on This Moment…
Exodus 12:1-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-36 “This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you…” (Exodus 12:2) So begins this section of Exodus where Moses and Aaron receive instructions they are to pass on to the their still captive people: Words about taking a …
Even Death on a Cross…
Philippians 2:5-11 I know these words by heart by now, which is why, I expect, I find myself pausing in them again once more this year. For it had been a busy week and I found myself alone on a quiet drive home late the other afternoon. I had forgotten to bring a copy of …
A Single Grain: Dying for the Sake of Life…
John 12:20-33 “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:23) “Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” (John 12:25) I have …
This Powerful Grace
Ephesians 2:1-10 …and we were by nature children of wrath. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved— … (Ephesians 2:3b-5) I have seen it …