“But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were…
Read moreSome of the sweetest memories I have is past Easters with our children. It was always a tradition at our house to have a HUGE egg hunt. No matter rain nor shine nor adulthood…our children looked forward to it. It was not uncommon for us to hide up to 100…
Read more“The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’” (John 1:29-30 ESV) Lent is…
Read moreMy children’s bible had three pictures in it. One was of the crucifixion, and, I confess, it mesmerized me, so I flipped to it often and stared long and hard. Baffled, I would wonder, who would do that?! Crucify someone? Who could inflict such gruesome torture? What’s worse, it looked…
Read moreThis Easter weekend I’ve been dramatically reminded of the extreme sacrifice of some gifts. There are gifts that are special because the giver spent countless hours hand crafting the gift or perhaps gave a unique, one of a kind gift. I call gifts like that legacy or keepsake gifts. The…
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