In Matthew 26, Jesus is celebrating the Passover with His disciples in a small room. It is an intimate meal shared among friends who have traveled and ministered together. Many miles under their feet. Many minutes spread over days and years. And Jesus says casually, as they pass the bread and the cup, that one…
It’s Monday and I have finished my quiet time. Readings in Deuteronomy that detail the feasts and celebrations, the acknowledging of the bounty of God’s blessings by gathering and feasting in thanksgiving and worship. Then I read about Lazarus being called forth from the tomb and the command to release him from the confines of…
This morning I started Day 12 of the Lenten devotion I am working my way through. I made it barely a paragraph in before I had to set my pen down and soak in God’s word. The passage is from John 11: 32-42. The familiar and yet always new story of the death of Lazarus….