We want—and, indeed, need—time for ourselves. Self-care is important! And Christ shows us a model of sacrificial living that may well feel exhausting: when do I get time for me,…
“On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, ‘Where do you want us to go and…
There had to be a donkey to show the King was entering in. Jesus knew what he was doing. What he was doing wasn’t lost on people: wasn’t lost on…
Over these Sundays, I’ve been sharing with you what prophets of the Old Testament had to say about the one who was going to come. He would be the fulfillment…
Jesus came to call people to follow, to believe and follow: only believe, just follow. If they weren’t sure whether they believed, Jesus told them to follow and see. “Trust…
“It will always help us if we regard this world as organized not for our comfort but for our training.”[1] So says our friend William Barclay. The old saying was…
Have you ever been put in jail? Wait—don’t answer! Well, if you have, I guess you know the awful feeling that comes with that clank as the barred door locks. …
I feel a little like Jude. No, not Judas—though I’ve had my moments, God knows! Jude—he wrote a brief letter that comes just before Revelation. Location, location, location. Jude begins…
When Jesus is asked to give a sign, so that he might be believed, so that what he is saying might be accepted as true and authoritative, Jesus responds that…
Corpus Christi is a hot place. When we lived there, I saw what amazed me: a man, walking. It wasn’t once or twice. I saw him nearly every day, walking…