I’ve always found the Palm Sunday story a tad anti-climactic. There is massive build-up with Jesus riding into town, the people shouting Hosanna. The little header above the text of Mark 11 usually says, “The Triumphal Entry”. It is Messiah… Continue Reading
“And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them.” (Luke 15:12) When I read that verse I think about the space… Continue Reading
I want to make a modern-day Matthew (Levi). But we aren’t as united as they were in first century Jerusalem. If you wanted to provide a stock image of a hated member of society a tax collector was an obvious… Continue Reading
“Father, why’d you get so upset at that man who helped the lady?” Everyone else seemed to be celebrating at synagogue when the visiting teacher had helped Miss Ruth. But not his dad. His father, a religious leader, was indignant… Continue Reading