Sometimes the heart needs help to remember. I know mine does. It’s not that I don’t want to remember Christ’s death; it’s just that I need help pausing from the hectic pace of lesser things - school, sports, games, work, and deadlines – to remember the main thing –...
Easter
Sunday – Mary: Resurrecting Love
Our journey with Jesus to the cross ends today at an empty tomb with Resurrection. His passion is a picture of our own - all suffering, if buried with Christ, is raised in everlasting life. It's not just a myth of fairytale or far-fetched dream. It's a promise - a...
Saturday – Nicodemus: The Transformation
To help us journey with Jesus towards the cross, each day this week I will post a scripture to read, a face from the journey of the cross on which to reflect, a prayer to pray, and a practice or suggested discipline to carry out. Read the Scriptures: John 3:16; John...
Friday – The Centurion: Words of Power
To help us journey with Jesus towards the cross, each day this week I will post a scripture to read, a face from the journey of the cross on which to reflect, a prayer to pray, and a practice or suggested discipline to carry out. Read the Scriptures: Mark 15:1-41...
Thursday – Mary His Mother: Facing Real Sorrow
To help us journey with Jesus towards the cross, each day this week I will post a scripture to read, a face from the journey of the cross on which to reflect, a prayer to pray, and a practice or suggested discipline to carry out. Read the Scriptures: Luke 2:21-35;...
Wednesday – John: Beloved Friend
To help us journey with Jesus towards the cross, each day this week I will post a scripture to read, a face from the journey of the cross on which to reflect, a prayer to pray, and a practice or suggested discipline to carry out. Read the Scriptures: John 19:1-30...
Tuesday – Peter: Facing Your Fears
To help us journey with Jesus towards the cross, each day this week I will post a scripture to read, a face from the journey of the cross on which to reflect, a prayer to pray, and a practice or suggested discipline to carry out. Read the Scriptures: Mark 14:53-72...
Monday – Two Thieves: What is Your Response?
To help us journey with Jesus towards the cross, each day this week I will post a scripture to read, a face from the journey of the cross on which to reflect, a prayer to pray, and a practice or suggested discipline to carry out. Read the Scriptures: Luke 23:33-49...
Sunday – Simon of Cyrene: Carrying Your Cross
To help us journey with Jesus towards the cross, each day this week I will post a scripture to read, a face from the journey of the cross on which to reflect, a prayer to pray, and a practice or suggested discipline to carry out. Read the Scriptures: Luke 23:26-32...
Journey to the Cross
Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, the day that begins "Passion Week," Jesus' journey to the cross. “Passion,” to borrow Christian pastor and author Louie Giglio’s definition, is “the degree of difficulty we are willing to endure to reach the goal.” In His final walk to...