Monthly Archives: April 2012
A Different Kind of Anniversary
I thought my dreams had come true. I thought I had finally found it. Even when it became harder to believe that this was anywhere close to being what I’d always dreamed of, I dug my heels in hard and refused to abandon those hopes that came so easily in the beginning. That’s what I … Continue reading
About Peter
Isn’t it interesting that the very first disciple to confess that Jesus was the Messiah, the Promised One, is the same man who denied knowing him on the night of his death? There it was, the crucial moment in Jesus’ ministry, and his most outspoken disciple – who had just cut off a Roman centurian’s … Continue reading
Waiting the Coming Day
Today is less about the reading from John – tomorrow’s post actually spans the last 6 chapters of the book. Today is more about, well, today. Saturday. The day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Black Saturday. Holy Saturday. To me, it seems it should be called Waiting Saturday. Surely all of creation, after its … Continue reading
Rethinking the Bucket List
If you knew that you were about to die, literally within days, what would you do? Seriously, take a moment and consider how you might answer. You may already have a bucket list all drawn up. You may be massively uncomfortable thinking about something as sad as finding out you’re going to die soon. Or … Continue reading
When Your Lazarus Won’t Come Forth
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied. Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” John 11:33-36 I spent several months in … Continue reading
Questions From an Accused Woman
What did you write on the ground that day? Were you stopping to pray, to wait for instruction from your Father before answering the question-trap laid for you? Is that how it worked when you were here? Did you silently pray for guidance the way that we do when we need to know His will? … Continue reading
When the Path is Daunting
It was a difficult time. I was young, and everything I’d grown up believing was being passed through a giant sifter – wheat landing on this side, chaff landing on that…only the wheat and the chaff, they were parts of my own heart. So much insecurity, so much fear, so much learning what it meant … Continue reading
Nicodemus
I’m joining several others at Fellowship North in reading through the entire gospel of John before Easter Sunday. Today, I share what I think might have gone through Nicodemus’ head after he met with Jesus as recorded in chapter 3. This is my own commentary, purely, and offered with no authority, only the hope that … Continue reading