ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF COURAGEOUS, NON-VIOLENT LOVE This Sunday is known to Christians as Palm Sunday. It is an annual reminder of a hugely courageous moment in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. It was the beginning of the Jewish Passover week. Jerusalem was crowded with pilgrims. Some estimate that...
Easter
One Guy Didn’t
ONE GUY DIDN’T Three guys were tried for crimes against humanity. Two guys committed crimes. One guy didn’t. Three guys were given government trials. Two guys had fair trials. One guy didn’t. Three guys were whipped and beaten. Two guys had it coming. One guy didn’t. Three guys were...
Still He Walked
STILL HE WALKED He could hear the crowds screaming “crucify” “crucify”… He could hear the hatred in their voices, These were his chosen people. He loved them, And they were going to crucify him. He was beaten, bleeding and weakened… his heart was broken, But still He walked. He...
Ash Wednesday
ASH WEDNESDAY Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Christian season of Lent. Lent comes from the Old English term for “lengthen.” As Easter approaches the amount of daylight grows longer. More than a thousand years ago followers of Jesus began to set aside the 40 days...
The Bird Cage
THE BIRD CAGE There once was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Several eyebrows were raised and, as if in...