Monthly Archives: April 2019

Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, andContinue reading “Believe Without Seeing”

Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it wasContinue reading “Change!”

Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained soContinue reading “Walking with God”

“You have heard that it was said,`You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, “that you may be sons of your Father inContinue reading “Try Love”

The earth is the LORD’S, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.  For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the waters. (Psa 24:1-2 NKJ) Then God said, “Let us make humanity in our image to resemble us so that they may take charge of the fishContinue reading “Earth Day”

As G. K. Chesterton once wrote, ‘Your religion is not the church you belong to, but the cosmos you live inside of. Once we know that the entire physical world around us, all of creation, is both the hiding place and the revelation place for God, this world becomes home, safe, enchanted, offering grace toContinue reading “Easter–Christ is Risen!”

That’s why scripture says, When he climbed up to the heights, he captured prisoners, and he gave gifts to people. What does the phrase “he climbed up” mean if it doesn’t mean that he had first gone down into the lower regions, the earth? The one who went down is the same one who climbedContinue reading “Devotions for Lent–Harrowing of Hell!”

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filledContinue reading “Good Friday!”

Let those who plant with tears reap the harvest with joyful shouts. Let those who go out, crying and carrying their seed, come home with joyful shouts, carrying bales of grain! (Psa 126:5-6 CEB) “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Dr. Martin L. King “Injustice anywhere isContinue reading “Devotions for Lent–Lament”