As I have been going over this passage many times this week both for my own personal work as well as for the sermon on Sunday, I was originally thinking about an underlying message of brokenness – the brokenness of the woman who anointed Jesus […]
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Imago Scriptura 108 – Jeremiah 32-33 – Overcoming
So, last night I was up until the end of that crazy World Series game 7. I didn’t have a huge rooting interest in either team but the game was too good to turn off. I definitely would have kicked myself if I had gone […]
Imago Scriptura 54 – Pax et Bonum
The readings for yesterday and today from the Gospel of John all deal with the same situation – a man who was born blind whose sight is restored (actually can it be restored if he never could see before?) by Jesus and the “investigation” that […]
Imago Scriptura 53 – Tunnel
In yesterday’s reading from John 8 is one of the most well known sayings of Jesus – “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” When I read that […]
Imago Scriptura 44 – Whisper
Reading yesterday’s passage from 1 King’s 19-20, I thought of myself and my experience the last several years. We read in 1 Kings 19 of Elijah fleeing the attacks and persecution of King Ahab. In 19:10, Elijah responds to the Lord with this, “I have […]
Imago Scriptura 38 – Fallen
As I wrote yesterday, Luke 15 is one of my favorite chapters in all of Scripture. I have gone back to this chapter time after time, but especially to the story today beginning in verse 11 – the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the Lost […]
Imago Scriptura 32 – Shadows
This morning, I came to the story in Luke 8 where a woman who has suffered from bleeding for years is healed by Jesus. The unusual part of this story is that the woman doesn’t come and talk to Jesus but instead tries to sneak […]
Wait for the Lord 13 – Taking up our Cross
Nouwen had a decidedly different take on the concept of taking up our cross (referring back to Matthew 16:21 – “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”) Most of the time I hear […]
Wait for the Lord 11 – Lost Dreams
“Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.” – Isaiah 40:31 This passage is my prayer for those who are struggling […]
Gratitude 04 – Two Years
Two years ago today, I sat down in a conference room in Davidson, North Carolina and began a period that has transformed my life. The week I spent in Davidson two years ago was not the change itself, but the spark that ignited and began […]
Imago Gospels – 28 – Daughter
Mark 5 When I went through Mark a few months back I focused in this section on the woman touching the hem of Jesus’ cloak. Today, however, I zeroed in on the age of the young girl who is restored to life. The passage says […]
Imago Gospels – 26 – Roof
Mark 1-2 I love the story of the group of people making the hole in the roof and lowering one their friends down in front of Jesus. Their friend was paralyzed and they dug through someone’s roof in order to get their friend before Jesus. […]
