Top3 for May 3, 2019
Here is a quick hitting weekly dose of interesting (at least to me!) things I have read or am thinking about from this past week. #1 “People … Continue reading Top3 for May 3, 2019
Top3 for April 26, 2019
#1 – Tricks of the trade article from the Wall Street Journal. Robert Caro is a writer. In particular he has focused his efforts on a … Continue reading Top3 for April 26, 2019
The After Season
The period immediately after Christmas or Easter is often a low time for me emotionally and spiritually. I know that is odd to say. Shouldn’t these major high and holy days take me to a new peak? In one way they do but only after a season of rest. Just like your physical fitness level increases after we workout and then rest appropriately, so does our spiritual life. For me, part of it is the natural let down that takes place after so much time and energy is expended. You can’t expect to maintain high intensity for too long. The … Continue reading The After Season
Holy Saturday Devotion – April 20, 2019
John 19:38–42 (NRSV) 38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and removed his body. 39 Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. 40 They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now … Continue reading Holy Saturday Devotion – April 20, 2019
Maundy Thursday Devotion – April 18, 2019
John 13:1–20 (NRSV) 13 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 got up from the table, took off his outer … Continue reading Maundy Thursday Devotion – April 18, 2019
Holy Wednesday Devotion for April 17, 2019
John 13:21–32 (NRSV) 21 After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. 23 One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was reclining next to him; 24 Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. 25 So while reclining next to Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this piece of bread when I have dipped it … Continue reading Holy Wednesday Devotion for April 17, 2019
