Category: Lent
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Why do we pray?
Increasingly, I’m thinking of prayer as connection, and less about the requests I may or may not make. Just as an electronic device needs to be connected to an electrical outlet to function, I’m thinking of prayer as connection to the “Source.”
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Pulling Weeds
Weeds are pretty good metaphor for my life. When I’m not paying attention, weeds can unexpectedly pop up, crowding into my life, sapping energy and vitality. Sometimes weeds are bad habits. Sometimes weeds are unhealthy emotions. Sometimes weeds are negative, self-defeating thoughts. Sometimes weeds are painful memories. Sometimes weeds are…
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Two Essential Elements
According to Scripture, humans are composed of two essential elements – carbon and spirit. Carbon appears on the Elemental Table. Spirit doesn’t.
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Reflections on Forty Days of Blogging
For Lent, I committed to write a blog, everyday, for forty days, plus Sundays. I did it! But, now Lent is over… What now? I don’t plan to continue blogging daily – I think we would all get a little sick of that. Instead, I’m thinking that I will continue…
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A Strange Saturday…
I woke up this morning, feeling relieved. It has been a busy, hectic Holy Week. My church had three different services – one on Maundy Thursday, and two on Good Friday – each requiring a different sermon. Beyond the sermons, there were also numerous other details of the worship services…
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“Mountains of Books” – a Second Good Friday Sermon, Preached on April 14th, 2017, in the Evening at First Church of Coral Springs
Revelation 20 says that there are books in heaven that contain the records of everything that every human has ever said or done. Imagine that. A book that contains every sin you have ever committed. Every evil thought. Every unkind word. Every selfishness. Every disobedience. Every unfaithfulness. Every missed opportunity…
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“Into your hands I commit my spirit” – A Good Friday Sermon Preached on April 14, 2017 at First Church of Coral Springs
Undeniably, the ordeal Jesus endured was horrific. Starting with an arrest; then a long night without sleep – full of hate, ugliness, condemnation and abuse; dragged from the Temple to Pilate, to Herod, and then back to Pilate; abuse and mockery at the hands of cruel Roman soldiers; rejection from…
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Do this…
Today is Maundy Thursday – the day we annually remember Jesus’ last meal with his disciples. The word “maundy” simply means command. We “do this in remembrance” of Jesus – sharing bread and juice/wine with each other, representing his body and blood – because he commanded us to. Today is…
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I am Judas
I have to confess, I’ve always felt sorry for Judas. Early in my relationship with Jesus, I recall watching a movie depicting monologues of each of Jesus’ disciples, of what they were thinking and feeling the night of his arrest. The monologues were fictional, of course, based on what the Disciples…
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Pre-Easter Pondering
I know it’s not Easter yet. Easter is still a few days away. Before Easter, we still have Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and Holy Saturday. We can’t just skip to Easter, bypassing all that led to Easter. But, Easter is on my mind – probably because it’s the biggest…
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