The Beginning Follows the End

The Beginning Follows the End

At noon on that Friday, the Son of God was raised up from the earth, beaten and bleeding, with spikes fastening him to the cross. At that moment, our brightest star, the sun, was horrified to shine, exposing Jesus’ nakedness and humiliation, so it extinguished itself,...
. . . and they all lived happily ever after. THE END

. . . and they all lived happily ever after. THE END

I love stories with that wrap-up, but as many as I’ve read, the only one that is non-fiction is the story we’re living. ‘Ever after’ means eternally and only God could, in truth, provide that outcome. He has written us into His story, put the whole thing together in a...
A Kingdom not of this World

A Kingdom not of this World

Next week is regularly referred to in high church circles as Holy Week, and sometimes as Passion Week or the week of Jesus’ passion. This somewhat dated usage rings oddly in our ears today, but it accurately speaks of Jesus’ strong desire, his determined perseverance...
Man, what a week!

Man, what a week!

We’re passing quickly through this season of Lent, moving closer and closer to Jesus’ final week on earth as he makes his way to Jerusalem with his disciples. This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday, remembering all the fanfare of the kingly arrival, the excited crowds, the...
No glass slipper, but there’s a Prince!

No glass slipper, but there’s a Prince!

In 1697, Charles Perrault wrote ‘Cendrillon,’ a French fairy tale. Translated into English it became ‘Cinderella.’ It continues to be a popular storyline that has been adapted in over 400 vastly divergent versions. (The Brothers Grimm version, in 1812,...