Category Archives: Lent/Easter

“Father, into your hands, I commend my spirit.” Luke 23:46 My oft-referenced favored preacher, Fleming Rutledge, tells a story of a professor she greatly admired. This man, a theologian, lost…

After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full…

Often, brief statements seem to have the most profound consequences on our lives. Consider, for instance, the declaration “I do.”  In one moment, two lives become intertwined, bound together by…

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”—Matthew 27:46  …

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your…