Life (Easter #1)

There are 50 days in the Easter season. Who’s up for an Easter word-a-day challenge? Seriously, though it has been fun and a great discipline through Lent, I’m ready for a change-up. But for today, the word is Life. Fitting for Easter dontcha think? Life. What strikes me this Easter is the difference between life […]

Roots (Lent #46)

Before Bear Grylls. Before Les Stroud (a.k.a. Survivorman). Another man went into the wilderness and survived. For 40 days he wandered. He fasted. He prayed. He was tempted. He survived. As we’ve been drawing attention to through Lent, this season is a remembrance of Jesus’ wilderness journey. Today in the in-between time following his death and before […]

Far (Lent #45)

How far would God go to demonstrate God’s love for us? That question was answered tonight during a Good Friday observance I participated in. As it came time for me to pound a nail into a beam as we remembered Jesus being nailed to the cross, I was brought low by the retelling of Jesus’ sacrifice. Such a simple thing to swing a […]