I was in my local grocery store recently, and I saw a sign advertising, "this week's feature ... pretzel roll sandwiches." Now I'm a Delanco Camp enthusiast, so of course to me "pretzel roll sandwich" means a certain thing, foil wrapped pretzeliciousness. Whatever it is that the grocery store is offering is clearly not the real … Continue reading Lent Reflection: Don’t be fooled
Beautiful heartbreak
I’m going to keep this short and sweet for a reason. I want this to hit you like it hit me. Think of the God we serve and how absolutely marvelous he is. He sent his only Son to die for us! Looking at Jesus’ life, you see his constant perfection in his battle with … Continue reading Beautiful heartbreak
Trust in the Lord
I don’t need to tell you that life is hard. You know it. You live in this world that is mean and cruel, and its wounds for some of you are fresh. But the fact that life is hard is not new. We see in our reading for today that David was in agony, to … Continue reading Trust in the Lord
Lent Reflection: Resurrection power
Once upon a time in a faraway season of life filled with children, homeschooling, church activities and Junior Camp I was involved in a small Bible study taught by a woman who was Titus 2:4 in the flesh. One day, in a more private conversation, she asked what I prayed for myself, what my spiritual … Continue reading Lent Reflection: Resurrection power
Lent Reflection: Love in the midst of risk
Mark 5:1-20 When I read this passage from Mark’s gospel, there are so many things that strike me as peculiar about the shape of the narrative. What is Jesus doing in a place where a demon-possessed cemetery dweller can be among the welcoming party? For a Jewish rabbi, he was really too close to a … Continue reading Lent Reflection: Love in the midst of risk