On Palm Sunday, the crowds shouted, “Hosanna! Hosanna!” This cry of praise also meant, “Save now!” or “Save please!” Jesus offered salvation but not in a way they ever expected. They wanted their situation changed. Jesus instead offered them transformation. That’s not unusual. When we cry out “Save us Jesus”, salvation comes, but along with […]

When something is precious to you, you don’t just discard it when it is broken. In fact, if an item is precious to you, you may go to great expense to repair it. God is that way with us. God sees us in our brokenness and is willing to make a deep personal sacrifice to […]

Physical trauma can create deep inner wounds and turmoil.. Even after the body is healed, the mind and emotion may need more time. In today’s bible story we encounter a woman who endured twelve years of suffering. She lost all that she had trying to get well and was worse, not better. Her body was […]

When something is shattered oftentimes it becomes scattered as well. Glass that shows up on a beach may have started many miles away and the other bits and pieces could be almost anywhere. Over this past year, we have been scattered, at times isolated and cut off from one another. Being scattered can be lonely […]