“‘…continually all the day my name is despised. Therefore, my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I.’” “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,

    “…on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.” – Song of Solomon 3:11   Weddings as Parables The wedding day is to be the “day of the gladness” of the groom’s heart. It is the day that, by God’s design, his heart should rejoice in his wife….the

“If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!” – John 21:22   The One and the Many Christianity, unlike any other religion, is both communal and individual, both solitary and collective. It is right to say that Jesus died for the Church (that is,

“Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” – John 17:11 Note: for an explanation of this picture choice, watch this video. Oneness is Important to Christ Jesus’ prayer to His Father in John 17 is one of the highest, most

    “And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head and arrayed Him in a purple robe.” – John 19:2   A Weight of Glory If God the Son were to have incarnated as an emperor who ruled the entire planet, this would already have been an infinite

        “Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, ‘Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!’ Nathanael said to him, ‘How do you know me?’ Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.’ Nathanael answered him, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are

The Lord is the upholder of my life – Psalm 54:4   Upheld by Another What a wonderful word, what a wonderful hope. Our lives are upheld by someone else. The Christian’s life is not a free standing structure. It is not a self-supported tower, it is – from first to last – upheld by the strength

  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” – John 14:6   Reality is About a Person God is a person….not a force, not an idea, not a law, not an energy, but a person. He is “Supra-Person,” to be more precise, Father, Son, and Spirit – the divine Community in Unity, and

  “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” – John 12:32   The Heart Speaks… Out of the heart the mouth speaks, and out of a nation’s heart its Supreme Court decides. Last week, America’s “mouth” spoke, making gay “marriage” legal in all 50 states. So,

  “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” – John 11:21 In John’s account of Lazarus’ sickness and death, we are given an incredibly valuable gift, namely, the opportunity to view tragedy and suffering from God’s perspective. Because the narrative follows Jesus and not Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, it is as