When Jesus died, it set off a chain reaction, from the tearing of the temple curtain to people rising from their tombs and entering the holy city. The temple curtain, which separated God’s holiness from the world, was torn open. And people who were dead – which according to the law, meant they were unclean […]
Palm Sunday is the last Sunday in Lent and the Sunday before Easter. It is the beginning of Holy Week, the most important week of the year for Christians. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish holiday of Passover. Jesus rode a young donkey into Jerusalem and was greeted by a large […]
The pandemic that we are all living through has generated something in our lives that we are not used to. This something is fear. We are not used to being afraid to go to the supermarket. We surely are not used to being afraid to go visit our children or grandchildren. Many are working from […]
Today’s devotion comes from Luke 15:1-3, 11-32. All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him. The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Jesus then tells them this parable about a man who had two sons. One son wanted his inheritance. […]
This pandemic has kept us from singing in church. I long for the day when we can return to worship in God’s House and sing songs of joy. When I was growing up, my grandmother was the organist at Leesburg United Methodist Church. Grandmother, or Mamaw as we called her, thought that standing around the […]
The text is Jesus saying, “Do you think the suffering of these Galileans proves that they were more sinful than all the other Galileans? No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and lives, you will die just as they did. What about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower of […]
Dale Dodrill from Keezletown UMC shared this story with me. The original story was written by Sofo Archon. One day a man said to God, “God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.” God showed the man two doors. Inside the first one, in the middle of the room, was a […]
The story of the Temptation of Jesus is found in Luke 4:1-13. It is the story of Jesus being tempted for forty days by the devil. Jesus was told to turn a stone into bread, offered the whole domain if He would worship the devil, and challenged to jump off the Temple. In all three […]
Recently it was reported that over 500,000 lives have been lost in the US during the pandemic. Many have lost loved ones during this time. This virus comes in and steals your breath. More people have died because of this pandemic than were lost in World War I and II and the Korean War. It’s […]
Take a few minutes and read Luke 13:31-35. Jesus is lamenting over Jerusalem and the people who did not choose to follow Christ. In this text, we hear Jesus affirming His commitment to the people that He would return. In this Lenten season, we need to be reminded that Christ is with us when we […]