Today Is Palm Sunday

Apr 13, 2014 | Devotions | 1 comment

Matthew 21:1-11 You’ve seen military parades. The parades were intended to be stirring, to instill a sense of wonder. The King enters Jerusalem. He rides a rental donkey. There is not well-placed tickertape or regalia. The crowd’s reaction is spontaneous and spur of...

“Les rameaux”: The Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

Apr 12, 2014 | Devotions

Each Saturday and Tuesday during Lent, the devotion will consist of visual or musical works of art for you to contemplate.  There might be a brief quote or statement for you to consider as you view/listen to the material; there may be notes from or about the artist or...

The Tree of Knowledge

Apr 11, 2014 | Devotions

Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 So often in Sunday School the lesson of The Fall seems to be one of warning about disobedience, and of course that makes sense.  However, I also find myself struck by another aspect of the story: whether we were supposed to have done so or not,...

What’s Your Super Power?

Apr 10, 2014 | Devotions | 2 comments

Philippians 2:5-11 If you could have any super power, what would you choose? Would it be the ability to time travel? To fly? What if you could do or achieve anything you wanted just at the snap of your fingers? Would you become famous? Rich? Popular? Omniscient? Would...

The Faith of the Centurion

Apr 9, 2014 | Devotions

Luke 7:1-10 In our Scripture lesson for today, Luke records Jesus’ encounter with a centurion who was stationed in Capernaum near the Sea of Galilee. This leader of a group of eighty Roman soldiers was experiencing a problem he could not solve – a slave dear to him...

“Compassion!”

Apr 8, 2014 | Devotions

Each Saturday and Tuesday during Lent, the devotion will consist of visual or musical works of art for you to contemplate.  There might be a brief quote or statement for you to consider as you view/listen to the material; there may be notes from or about the artist or...