Take up your cross
Then He said to them all…. To all who were following Him as disciples…. “If anyone…. anyone….anyone….you, me, any one person…. desires to…. wants to so much they can’t think of anything else but….. come after…
Holy Week
There is something about the practice of Holy Week that is ingrained in me from childhood. On Sunday, in class, we talked about things we remember from our childhood celebrations of Easter and one of mine was Palm Sunday. I remember getting so excited to be given a palm branch at church. I am not…
Face down in agony
Have you ever laid face down, flat on the floor of your home in prayer? It is in all ways, uncomfortable and humbling. Yet Jesus laid face down in an olive grove. On top of rocks and grass and bugs and dirt and prayed. He prayed in agony. He prayed so hard that sweat…