Jesus was buried. Dead and gone.
At least, his body was.
We read in Matthew 27:57-60 about Jospeh from Arimathea who asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Jesus was wrapped in linen in a tomb and a ...
We can’t overlook Jesus’ willingness to be crucified.
He prayed through the night while his disciples slept, choosing to accept the fate his Father had assigned him, death on the cross, one of ...
If you want to see a fresh miracle each morning, plant Morning Glories.
These succulent blooms tend to unfurl with each sunrise and wrap themselves tightly at night. They open their arms and ...
We can’t overlook Jesus’ willingness to be crucified.
He prayed through the night while his disciples slept, choosing to accept the fate his Father had assigned him, death on the cross, one of ...
Jesus had an affinity for people who were marginalized by the society of his day.
The blind, lepers, the lame, they were important to him.
He also reached out to those outside Jewish cultural and ...
God’s love that flowed through Jesus on the cross formed a foundational love. From the day of Jesus’ crucifixion, the Christian church established a foothold on the earth. From that leaping off ...
Brand-spanking new.
Isn’t that something we all see as positive?
The old cooking range with its wood-fired oven or a newly built electronic one?
A 1935 Cadillac touring car or the shine on a new ...
In the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, one of the great classics of all time, the Englishman Sydney Carton switches places with French aristocrat Charles Darnay, who is about to ...
Why are wrapped packages so special to us?
We don’t know what’s inside. Until we look at the card, we don’t even know who it’s from.
Uncle Bob might have given us a piece of coal because of ...
“I have loved you with an everlasting love …”
― Jeremiah 31:3 ―
Everlasting love ... that sounds pretty unbreakable to me. And the word everlasting goes both ways, into the past and ...
At what point is a sacrifice worth the trade? It does involve a trade, after all. In a story of a boy diagnosed with bone cancer, his parents gave their time, love, and financial resources in trade ...
We love the idea of getting something for free, but most “freebies” aren’t really free at all. We trade our time and resources for the “free” veggies we grow in our backyard garden. That ...
Bright lights, shiny bows, and cheerful music.
Christmas is all it’s built up to be. Happiness abounds, and the holiday magic lifts us to heights of joy.
Except when it doesn’t.
The real issue ...
