This particular season of our times has many, many people stressed and, in some ways, feeling very discouraged and defeated.  Not only are there health concerns, for others and for self, there are also the fears of economic failure and... Read More

In times like these, we ask a lot of the Lord. We call out to Him and ask for His help, His healing, His provision and His protection from what we fear.  Now, don’t get me wrong…this is exactly what... Read More

I woke up this morning with the words and music to an old song echoing through the concert hall of my mind. It was a song from the earliest day of my faith relationship with Jesus…a reminder from the Lord…the... Read More

God is always working, and He is always working on us, in us, and through us. His work is not taking place in some kind of “spiritual laboratory”…outside of our circumstances.  His work…His sanctifying work of making us more like... Read More

Troubled times…turbulent circumstances…times like these today…they are what Jesus specializes in handling. He raised up this “storm” and He’s got this “storm” under His control…but He wants to hear our voices. He wants us to cry out to Him…He wants... Read More

The Road to the Resurrection Sunday…Resurrection Sunday!   As soon as their Sabbath Day had ended, the faithful, devoted women left their residences, gathered together and, with their spices, began making their way to the garden which was just around... Read More

The Road to the Resurrection Saturday…before the resurrection   Jesus the Messiah…the Son of God…God in human flesh…had died. Joseph of Arimathea had asked and received permission from Pilate to take His corpse and place it in a tomb in... Read More

The Road to the Resurrection Friday…before the resurrection   In the wee hours of Friday morning, Jesus was betrayed, arrested, mocked, beaten, beaten some more…and taken outside the city to be executed…nailed to a cross of wood…wounded…bleeding…dying…because of love…God’s love…for... Read More

The Road to the Resurrection Thursday…before the resurrection   On the evening of the day the Church calls “Maundy Thursday” (a word meaning “command”),the last night before His dies, Jesus comes to that special time with the Twelve in the... Read More

The Road to the Resurrection Wednesday…before the resurrection   After publicly calling out the Scribes and Pharisees for their sinful hypocrisy (and, in the process, increasing their hatred for Him and their desire to kill Him), Jesus left the city... Read More