Category: Christianity

Yesterday they crucified him. Then before sundown put him in a tomb that a compassionate soul had provide for him. The cold tomb was sealed by a large stone and guards were set around it to prevent “false claims” being…

Dinner is over. We are in the garden. Jesus agonizes in prayer, while Peter and James and John sleep soundly a short distance away. It is fitting. Everything began in a garden and it is there that one decision brought…

It is Wednesday night. The small band is staying somewhere in Jerusalem and by this time tomorrow night they will be in Gethsemane, falling asleep. Jesus, on the other hand, will be dealing with the crushing weight of the inexorable…

Carl Jung wrote: “Hurry is not of the devil; hurry is the devil. ” Saint Francis, in the movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon, speaks these words from the title track, performed by Donovan. If you want your dream to be…

I am sure that the disciples thought they had turned a corner after yesterday’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when crowd threw itself at Jesus. Maybe they didn’t come to Jerusalem to die after all. Now with the crowd on their…

Today was a special day. I had a photography assignment covering the family reunion of large African-American clan, which by any measure are a group of blessed and special people. This assemblage of men, women, and children trace their heritage…

Part of why some people stick in our minds over the years is because they are part of memories that stand out from the rest. You could say we have made significant memories with them. One of the things that…

I am a writer and I am working on what will eventually become a series of novels on the life of Moses. I love Moses (hence the tie-in to our Lenten theme). His was a unique life and one that…

The Greek word for love that depends on natural affection, storgē (στοργή), is not used anywhere in the Bible. It is only used in compound forms, two of which are very striking. Paul uses the negative, without natural affection, as…

Magic and things that might as well be magic, like the abilities of the X-MEN like genetic anomalies in the television series Heroes, are everywhere these days. It has been building for a while, but whether you consider the current…