On The Threshold of a New Era John 2:13-22 They had never really seen Jesus quite like this before. They had never seen him quite as angry. Oh, they had seen that determined look in his eyes before. When he set out to go to Jerusalem, he appeared to be looking at them when he … More On The Threshold of a New Era – Lent 3

WHAT CROSS? Mark 8:31-38 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.  For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and … More What Cross? Lent 2

FORTY DAYS TO A NEW BEGINNING Mark 1:9-15 I remember one time talking with children during a church service about the subject of moving from one place to another. I fully expected that the children would relate moving with some painful experiences like leaving friends behind, leaving the house that they had grown accustomed to, … More A NEW BEGINNING – LENT 1

What’s the Meaning of This: Mark 9:2-9 In the play Cats by Andrew Lloyd Weber, Old Deuteronomy, the oldest cat says: “We had the experience, but we missed the meaning” .  How often that is true.  There is the experience and there is the meaning of the experience and we can very well go through … More What’s the Meaning of This? Transfiguration