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Beyond Our Fathers … A New Legacy
"Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph." This is going to happen. Joseph has his time. We have our times. He did his job. He elevated his people and all the people.He was… Continue reading
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Oh May There Be, Not Through Me, Dishonor, Shame, nor Discouragement
What a horror to think that the converse could happen. "Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,O Lord GOD of hosts;let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,O God… Continue reading
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The Humble Stumble
Yesterday was April Fool's Day. That was only part of the story. There is a negative side of foolishness and there are many references to moral foolery in the book of Proverbs. There is also the paradoxical embrace of… Continue reading
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Monday Reflections on Thursday – Sunday
Thursday “I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” – Psalm 16:8 First, consider this: praise and flattery met Jesus upon His entry into the Holy City. “Blessed… Continue reading
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Easter Reflections from Dark Saturday
Posted Saturday night, the call continues into Sunday and Monday. Incarnational embodiment of the missional cross-call of Jesus requires a movement through the laments of Saturday and a daily dying to again take up the cross of the burdens of… Continue reading
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That I May Know Him
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead." – Philippians 3:10-11 “That… Continue reading
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Blessed Are the Eyes
"And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and… Continue reading
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Risen Indeed!
"Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead." - John 20:8-9 He came first to… Continue reading
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Now, He Is Risen
“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.” – I Corinthians 15:20 Now is Christ risen. “Death in vain forbids Him rise.” Now He lives, awakened from the dead, leading the procession… Continue reading
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