Today is the beginning of Holy Week—the seven days leading up to Easter. Holy Week is a roller coaster that starts with Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), plunges into grief at the Last Supper (Maundy Thursday), bottoms out with Christ’s crucifixion and burial (Good Friday), then launches to the greater heights of Christ’sContinueContinue reading “Denial”
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Christmas Tree
Tonight, we decorated our Christmas tree as a family. Carols played from another room as we talked, laughed, and enjoyed adorning branches. But Christmas trees remind me of another tree, and the deeper meaning of Christmas: “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that, having died to sins, we mightContinueContinue reading “Christmas Tree”
The Vineyard Published!
In a previous post, I mentioned my poem “The Vineyard” would appear in Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, Issue Seven. Friday, May 6, was the publication date! Please check out this issue. I got a sneak peak and found several excellent poems. I look forward to reading others. Of those I read so far, myContinueContinue reading “The Vineyard Published!”