Episodes
Tuesday May 30, 2017
Five - A Woman at a Market
Tuesday May 30, 2017
Tuesday May 30, 2017
We come after a few days to a small town in the hills away from the coast...
Thursday May 25, 2017
Command #5 - Love the Brethren
Thursday May 25, 2017
Thursday May 25, 2017
Jesus makes two of the most shocking statements of his ministry on the night before his death. They are recounted only by the Gospelist John. Though Matthew was also there that evening, it clearly took not only an eyewitness, but one like John with particular insight into the Lord's heart, to capture the powerful essence of this pivotal message that Jesus wanted to leave with his disciples on his last night with them.
Tuesday May 23, 2017
Four - Upside Down Kingdom
Tuesday May 23, 2017
Tuesday May 23, 2017
I decide to accompany him when he leaves the place where I first went out to meet him. He and his friends are on the move again--walking, traveling, venturing by boat up one of the rivers or along the shore. I am one of them now...
Thursday May 18, 2017
Command #4 - Love Man
Thursday May 18, 2017
Thursday May 18, 2017
The first three gospels all report variations of the incident in which Jesus is asked what is the greatest commandment. If we were truly obedient sons and daughters of God, there would be no need for anything else to be said. We would have no need for the other more specific commandments. Love God and love man sums up everything.
Tuesday May 16, 2017
Three - Questions at Night
Tuesday May 16, 2017
Tuesday May 16, 2017
Many perplexities present themselves. Though it has only been a little over 24 hours since I followed the crowd out into the street and found myself suddenly face-to-face with the man at the center of the storm, so much in my life has changed.
Thursday May 11, 2017
Command #3 - Love God
Thursday May 11, 2017
Thursday May 11, 2017
The Command to 'Love God' is at root vague and ambiguous. How are we to love God? Is such love something we feel? How many of us have read the words 'with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength,' and not felt that perhaps our love for God is not filled with the all-consuming level of devotion that Jesus spoke of. The practicality of it is hard to get hold of.
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Two - Putting Ourselves in the Story
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Clearing the preconceptions from our mental slates is not as easy as it might seem...
Thursday May 04, 2017
Command #2 - Love
Thursday May 04, 2017
Thursday May 04, 2017
It is surprising at first approach to the Commands of Jesus to discover that the command to "love" is not the most frequently given injunction to fall from his mouth. But it is surely the most pivotal and central command laid upon his followers which summarizes and incorporates and draws up into it all his teaching, and all the Commands.
Tuesday May 02, 2017
One - A Real Man
Tuesday May 02, 2017
Tuesday May 02, 2017
Wherever you and I find ourselves at this moment, we share something in common in connection with the man Jesus Christ.