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Book Review: Love, God
Post Views = 2466By Deborah J. Simmons-Roslak and Linda J. Orber This book needs your time. Time to sit still, which is a rare commodity in our culture and age. Time to let the message soak deep into your soul. Time to let the word pictures wash over you and stir your imagination. Time for…
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Arriving At Easter
Post Views = 1586What is Easter? It is so much more than eggs, ham, lilies, and bunnies. It is so much more than dressing up on Sunday morning, watching the sun rise, and singing “Up From The Grave He Arose”. It is so much more than saying we believe, attending a prayer meeting, and tithing…
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Walking to Easter: 14th Station of the Cross
Post Views = 2065Jesus is laid in the Tomb Mark 15:46-47 (MSG) “Having already purchased a linen shroud, Joseph took him down, wrapped him in the shroud, placed him in a tomb that had been cut into the rock, and rolled a large stone across the opening. Mary Magdalene and Mary, mother of Joses, watched…
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Walking to Easter: 13th Station of the Cross
Post Views = 1248Jesus is taken down from the Cross John 19:38-40 (The Voice) “After all this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple who kept his faith a secret for fear of the Jewish officials, made a request to Pilate for the body of Jesus. Pilate granted his request, and Joseph retrieved the body. Nicodemus, who…
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Walking to Easter: 12th Station of the Cross
Post Views = 1580Jesus dies on the Cross Matthew 27:50 (RSV) “And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.” This was God. God in our wounds. God in our pain. God on the cross. Approachable. Vulnerable. Available. Obtainable. God yielding to us. God yielding to suffering. God yielding to death. This…
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Walking to Easter: 11th Station of the Cross
Post Views = 1623Jesus is nailed to the Cross Luke 23:33 “When they came to the place known as “The Skull,” they crucified Jesus there, in the company of criminals, one to the right of Jesus and the other to His left.” Here God is, hanging there with nails in his hands and feet, in solidarity…