Passion Week is the time each year when Christians commemorate Jesus’ ministry in Jerusalem and His suffering and death on the cross. In this period of prayerf...
Psalm 20 verse 1 says “May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.”
Protection is a powerful thing. The ...
I had a nice fresh fig the other day—fresh, not dried, which is always a treat for me. It reminded me a bit of a passage from the Gospel of Luke, wherein Jesus...
Sometimes, all you can do is wail.
Every Lent, my mind returns to the image of tears. I think of the prophet Jeremiah, weeping under imperial subjugation an...
There is something about the desert — as a site of temptation, but also as one of opportunity — that pervades Biblical literature. After all, after the Lord de...
TW: eating disorders
The day before Lent begins is known as Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), Shrove Tuesday, Fastnachtsdienstag and many other names around the wor...
The Lenten season commemorates the 40 days that Jesus fasted and was tested in the desert before He started His public ministry, in anticipation of Easter Sund...
I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.Selah.Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails.Do not hide your face from me or I w...
Ezekiel 37:1-14
It was quiet at first, just a faint rattling,
until the sound of each joint slamming joint
filled the air in deafening clamor. Gusted wind...
“If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, / Lord, who could stand? / But with you there is forgiveness, / so that we can, with reverence, serve you.” - Psalm 130
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