The following is from a poem by Ruth Bell Graham entitled “Mothers.” Had I been Mary – Oh, had I been she, I would have cried as never mother cried, “. . . Anything, O God, anything . . . but crucified!” With such prayers importunate my finite wisdom would assail Infinite Wisdom. God, how […]

As He approached the passion week, Jesus set His face like flint and turned toward Jerusalem. He told the twelve that everything the prophets had written about Himself would be accomplished. He knew He’d be mocked, mistreated, spit upon, and even killed. Yet He chose to go. On Palm Sunday, as He neared the city, Jesus wept over […]

I love Easter. I love everything about it – spring weather, fresh flowers, pretty dresses. I decorate my house with hand-painted eggs from all over Eastern Europe, hung by ribbons on pussy willows, with a papier-mache Hungarian bunny standing guard. Easter is a bigger holiday than Christmas in Orthodox countries like Romania, and I cherish my memories from the […]

Happy Easter, everyone! I do wish you are enjoying a wonderful celebration of the greatest event in history. The resurrection of Jesus Christ changed everything, forever. Some thoughts to reflect on from C.S. Lewis: In the Christian story God descends to re-ascend. . . One may think of a diver, first reducing himself to nakedness, […]

Today, as we meditate on the meaning of the cross in our lives personally, I wanted to share a reflection with you from The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” This time only, of all his prayers in the Gospels, Jesus used the formal, distant word […]