Over many years of study and leading women’s Bible study groups, I have increasingly emphasized the core importance of the invisible Kingdom of God, the Church of Jesus, His Body. It is a grand concept in the unseen realm. It is a gathering of very special people whose hearts are stayed on the Nazarene, focused on the Cross,…
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259. The Bread, the Wine, the Cross
[Passover 2024] We celebrate our Christian Passover-feast. It might sound like a contradiction in terms because the death of a person is not a reason for celebration. Nowadays, people conduct a funeral as a celebration of life. The nature of such a ceremony has changed significantly over the years, from a very somber occasion to something that one would…
239. Look out, look up… and see
It is Holy Week. For us urban dwellers in the New Jerusalem, citizens of the Kingdom of God, members of the Body of Christ it is the most holy time to reflect on the foundation of our faith; that which it is all about – the Cross of Jesus. As all of humankind we ARE because…
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,…
157. The sound of the trumpet
This time span before the Passion (traditionally called Easter, which we will refer to as The Passion) is important to find depth of meaning in a tradition spanning thousands of years. A tradition of this kind runs the risk of becoming stale and clichéd, even if the significance of the event it commemorates reverberates over…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 