Holy Week
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Are Your Fig Trees In Bloom?

Mark 11: 12-25 It was the morning after. Having made quite the entrance into Jerusalem – palm branches waved and laid down; hosannas lifted high – Jesus and His disciples woke up in Bethany again. Good friends are just that. Good. There’s no mention of Martha this morning. I suspect she’d have been up at Continue reading
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Saturday’s Still Silence

The only words we hear on Saturday are from those who wanted Jesus dead. And His followers quiet. On Saturday, the priests and Pharisees approached Pilate. No words from God. No words from His followers. Another period of silence. Between the here and the not yet. The angst and the resolve. Just silence. It’s easy to Continue reading
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What’s So Good About Friday?

John 18-20 It was barely Friday when Judas kissed Jesus in the Garden. Oh, that pretentious kiss. Proof he had given his heart to another. Soldiers followed close behind the betrayer. They just kept coming, rank and file, with their lanterns and swords. Ready for a hunt. A fight. There was no fight. Jesus replied with a simple, Continue reading