14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. Matthew 26:14-16 Matthew’s gospel records that… Read More Tuesday of Holy Week

18 In the morning, when he returned to the city, he was hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the side of the road, he went to it and found nothing at all on it but leaves. Then he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at… Read More Monday of Holy Week

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, My soul and body also Psalm 31:12 How do you answer if someone asks, “How are you?” My guess is that the better the relationship you have with the asker the more candid, and perhaps raw, the answer.… Read More Day 32: Psalm 31:9-16

5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,6 who, though he was in the form of God,did not regard equality with Godas something to be exploited,7 but emptied himself,taking the form of a slave,being born in human likeness.And being found in human form,8 he humbled himselfand became obedient to the point… Read More Day 31: Philippians 2:5-11

Welcome to a Lenten devotional guide! We are on day 30 with only 10 to go until the end of Lent. Reading this portion of Isaiah 50 through the lens of Jesus’ betrayal, trial, conviction, torture and crucifixion gives it meaning that is moving, powerful and instructive. I gave my back to those who struck… Read More Day 30: Isaiah 50:4-8