282.  Close enough to hear… and see.

It is the Feast of the Cross. A remarkable contradiction in the words we use marks the uniqueness above all else of the events surrounding the death of Jesus. A feast of death? We know of other festivals that celebrate death.  In Mexico Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a well-known parade of people in…

181. A journey through ancient Judea

A reflection for the time of the Passion of the Christ What a privilege to consider the Cross of Jesus in these times of unprecedented events in the history of our world.  A time like this might come around once in a few generations.  Let us then fix our eye on the Ancient of Days,…

133. Men in the night.

[John 18] We have come to the beginning of the end of a man’s life that changed the world forever.  It was to be the beginning of the unthinkable; impacting mankind into eternity. Events are set in motion by various groups of men in the night. When the last meal was finished, Jesus and His…