Daily Archives: April 7, 2015


Easter 2015: The Story Goes On

God’s amazing surprise on Easter morning means many things, but what caught me this year is that it is only the beginning.  As Mark’s jarring conclusion reminds us, the women at the tomb that morning aren’t the only people God had in mind.  We worship a living Lord.  We are […]


Good Friday Reflection

On Good Friday, we adore the Cross of Jesus Christ, even as we realize the hard truth that we would have been among those who crucified him.  And we face the even harder truth that we put people on the cross every day.  The good news to which we cling […]


Loved to the End

On Maundy Thursday, Jesus teaches us what love looks like: like a Teacher washing his disciples’ feet.  His command to love is no command at all – it is simply what those who have been so loved by Christ do.  It is how the world will know us – not […]