A Lenten Journey: The Wilderness Trail — Day Forty-One

Hebrews 9:11-15, The Message But when the Messiah arrived, high priest of the superior things of this new covenant, he bypassed the old tent and its trappings in this created world and went … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: The Wilderness Trail — Day Forty, Palm Sunday

John 12:12-16, The Living Bible The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city, and a huge crowd of Passover visitors took palm branches and went down the road … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: The Wilderness Trail — Day Thirty-Nine

Mark 10:32-34, 46-52, The Message Back on the road, they set out for Jerusalem. Jesus had a head start on them, and they were following, puzzled and not just a little afraid. He took the Twelve … Read more...

Small but Mighty! — for SheLoves

Our theme for this month is "Dangerous Women" and I decided to write something quite personal, known only to our particular family story. Maybe you've got a few of such 'dangerous women' in your own … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: The Wilderness Trail — Day Thirty-Eight

Philippians 2:12-18, The Message What I’m getting at, friends, is that you should simply keep on doing what you’ve done from the beginning. When I was living among you, you lived in responsive … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: The Wilderness Trail — Day Thirty-Seven

Philippians 2:1-11, The Message If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to … Read more...

#Small Wonder — Looking for the Little . . . in Me

It was just a simple photo. A black and white shot of a young, blond girl staring back at the camera, honest, open, sweet, inquisitive. It was one of about sixty photos spread out on a table for our … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: The Wilderness Trail — Day Thirty-Six

John 12:34-50, The Message Voices from the crowd answered, “We heard from God’s Law that the Messiah lasts forever. How can it be necessary, as you put it, that the Son of Man ‘be lifted up’? Who … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: The Wilderness Trail — Day Thirty-Five

Isaiah 44:1-8, The Living Bible Listen to me, O my servant Israel, O my chosen ones: The Lord who made you, who will help you, says: O servant of mine, don’t be afraid. O Jerusalem, my chosen ones, … Read more...