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I’M WORKING on paraphrasing the Gospel of Mark for the Casual English Bible, and adding a leader’s guide with an atlas of maps. I hope to post it online in another couple of weeks. Here’s one of the tough questions I have to try to …
DID THE SOLDIER AT THE CROSS really say Jesus was the divine Son of God? I remember watching actor John Wayne in a cameo performance for “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” the 1965 film about the life of Jesus. Mr. Wayne, known as the Duke, played the …
I HAD AN ODD THOUGHT last week, while I was sanding on the hardwood table that my son and I were building out of cherry and maple. It’s a small table, perfect for a small printer. We finished putting it together and we finally managed to coax the two …
I WAS FEELING MELANCHOLY after the Easter Sunday worship service. I know we’re supposed to feel uplifted because Jesus got uplifted. But we can’t always tell our feelings to feel what we want them to feel. They have feelings of their own. Maybe I …
AS THEY LED JESUS TO HIS EXECUTION, they arrested a bystander named Simon of Cyrene, who had just come into town. They forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. By this time a huge crowd had started to follow the procession headed to the place of …
I SAW MY FAMILY DOCTOR YESTERDAY. I had a small bump erupt on my face a few weeks ago. My daughter, who is a nurse practitioner, suggested I see a dermatologist. My dermatologist has an opening in June. This is March. I saw my family doctor …
I CREATED TWO NEW VIDEOS recently to help folks get a better understanding about what Jesus went through on Thursday night, when he got arrested, and on Friday, when he got crucified. If you haven’t seem them yet, I’ll put the links …
A YOUNG MAN in my extended family committed suicide this week. In my community, we’ve had several school-age kids kill themselves in recent months. One was a 17-year-old scholar and athlete with a good sense of humor and a perfect score on his ACT …
I TOOK A WEEK OFF WORK to visit family in northern Ohio last week. It snowed. Several times. I stayed with family who live in a house the Amish built on a piney woods, once a Christmas tree farm. Someone text the Hallmark Channel. And put out a …
PEOPLE HAVE CUT OFF BODY PARTS because of something Jesus said. I’ll let you hear what Jesus said, but let me warn you first. What Jesus says is hyperbole—exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis. He wants to get a point across, so he says it big. We …
I’M TAKING A FEW DAYS OFF, but I’m leaving you in the good hands of Jesus. I’m working my way through the Gospel of Mark, in paraphrasing the Casual English Bible, and I’m loving the energy I’m finding in the words of Jesus. There’s a freshness to …
WE’RE IN A COUNTDOWN to the execution of God’s Son. After tomorrow, there’s just three more Friday’s to go. Come sundown on March 30, when Jews begin their Sabbath rest, Jesus will be resting in peace. At least that’s …
