Apr 6, 2015 | Bible Study, Blog, Faith, Other, Spiritual Formation
I am with you always. Perhaps the greatest news of Easter is found in Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV): And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the...
Apr 4, 2015 | Bible Study, Devotions, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Other, Practicing Love, Prayer, Trust in God, Waiting
The gifts of the Master are these: freedom, life, hope, new direction, transformation, and intimacy with God. If the cross was the end of the story, we would have no hope. But the cross isn’t the end. Jesus didn’t escape from death; he conquered it and...
Apr 2, 2015 | Bible Study, Devotions, Faith, Prayer, Spiritual Formation
James Tissot, A Holy Woman Wipes Jesus’s Face Fact or fable? Does it matter to me today? I confess not. Tissot reminds me this Holy Maundy Thursday to help others in their time of desperate need. We belong to one another. One grand universal family who one day...
Apr 1, 2015 | Other, Bible Study, Devotions, Faith, Marriage and Family, Motherhood, Prayer, Spiritual Formation
I’ve heard this story so many times, yet never focused on Pilate’s wife and the incredible dream she was given by God. This dream became a critical part of the Holy Week narrative. One woman’s dream changed everything. Click To Tweet Only Matthew...
Mar 31, 2015 | Bible Study, Devotions, Faith, HaveEyestoSee, Other, Practicing Love, Spiritual Formation
The Denial of St. Peter, Caravaggio, c. 1610, Metropolitan Museum of Art Notice the pointing fingers: the soldier’s one + the maid servant’s two. Peter denies Christ three times. Notice the positioning of Peter’s hands and the two fingers pointing...
Mar 29, 2015 | Bible Study, Conversation, Devotions, Faith, Other, Practicing Love, Spiritual Formation
Jesus also arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey, which was considered highly symbolic. At the time, a king riding a donkey symbolized peace, while a king on a horse symbolized war — while Jesus was not technically a king, his followers considered him to be King of Israel....
