Changes afoot

Changes afoot

An annual phenomenon is happening again all around us. Along with trees flowering and leafing out, flower buds bursting into bloom, bees emerging from their hibernation, mosquitoes gearing up for another bloodthirsty season, schools are closing down for the summer and...
Forty-day countdown

Forty-day countdown

Think with me, putting ourselves in the place of the disciples. Jesus, the last they had seen him, hanging on the cross, beaten unrecognizable, just barely alive. He died and was quickly buried in a tomb belonging to Joseph of Arimathea. Then, three days later, his...
A life map

A life map

Apart from his family’s middle-of-the-night, harried escape from Herod into Egypt, when he was too little to remember, Jesus’ rural Galilean upbringing was mostly uneventful. At the very least it was unrecorded. He would have spent part of his boyhood playing with his...
… didn’t see that coming!

… didn’t see that coming!

This is it! Day 40 of 40. The time has arrived for Jesus to leave. Everything is set. The Father is waiting. The disciples are unaware that these are the final moments they get to spend with Jesus. Or, maybe they suspect something’s up and that’s why they are coming...