Sunday, November 17 – To give thanks to God is almost as reflexive as breath or the beating of a heart. This is even truer when “the holidays” make their annual appearance, beginning with Thanksgiving Day—the day our nation sets aside to honor and thank our Maker and Sustainer. In keeping with this spirit Holy …
Monday: John 21:1-4 Tuesday: John 21:5-8 Wednesday: John 21:9-14 Thursday: John 21:15-19 Friday: John 21:20-25 REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. Having witnessed Jesus’ death and resurrection, the disciples try to return to what had been normal to them. Jesus met them where they were, but he didn’t leave them there. Are there places in your life where, after encountering …
Monday: John 20:1-10 Tuesday: John 20:11-18 Wednesday: John 20:19-23 Thursday: John 20:24-29 Friday: John 20:30-31 REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. The story of God’s work begins and reaches a climax in a garden. Mary thought that Jesus was the man who tended the garden near the tomb. In Genesis 2, it is the first humans who set …
Monday: John 19:1-16a Tuesday: John 19:16b-24 Wednesday: John 19:25-30 Thursday: John 19:31-37 Friday: John 19:38-42 REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. Pilate’s power is a received and temporal power. Jesus knows the opposite is true of God. How are we often formed by powers—politics, government, institutions, family, media—and then view the Lordship of Jesus through those lenses? Where is the tension …