Incidentally, on the following Friday, when He was unjustly executed, murdered, by a corrupt Government and Religious system, a sign was hung on the cross that named Him, satirically, the King of the Jews. This mocking message was written in three languages: Latin, the language of government; Greek, the language of education and knowledge; and Aramaic, the language of His Religion. Christ conquered, but the crisis continues. To be a disciple of Christ is to fight the same battles.
Tag: Jesus
Passion Week, Monday: Spring Cleaning
No reluctant reformer coming in the night to nail his manifesto to the church door under cover of darkness, no, Jesus struck from a clear blue sky and shattered the false peace of the Passover participants.
The Palms
When Jesus road through the gates of Jerusalem, the man who had raised Lazarus from the dead, the prophet from Galilee, the Pharisees nemesis, the rebel rockstar of a teacher who gently hammered the established order with his upside-down philosophies and a religion that said God could be your Papa, were the people silent or murmuring? Were they giddy with anticipation?
Happy St. Patrick’s
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Cross Myself, Ashes pt. 2
Forty days to cross myself and remember that my selfishness was and is costly.
Rhyming Dictionary
There are times when the picture is fuzzy, the plot doesn’t make any sense, your heart is broken and you can’t even find the right word to complete the last stanza with a beautiful picture and a fitting rhyme.
And we’re back….
To live by Grace is to accept it for yourself and apply it to others. Not as a license for wrongdoing, but as theme of forgiveness, self and otherwise, in your life.
The Heart Breaks and Breaks
Each time we kneel down to pick up the shattered pieces of our hearts, the act itself is a prayer of hope. And as we put the shards back together, knitting them with tears, our heart expand to include things we never thought we could feel or do.
Of Heroes and Greatness
Made of stardust, carrying the blood of God in our hearts and souls, we walk through life unaware of the greatness that we carry, the purpose, the destiny.
Simple
I’ve been thinking about our church. The Well. Now, I like our church very much, but lately, things have been a bit, I don’t know, slow maybe. … Read more “Simple”
Hums, Hymns, Doodles and Daydreams 