Assessing a Wasteland

#WednesdayWalk
He was our first-born son, a young man destined for great things. My husband carries him in his arms. He is but a child. As we walk to the burial preparation sight, I see thousands of Israelites…

Two-bit Faith #WednesdayWalk

I had heard about this teacher who called himself Jesus. I noticed him watching the woman leaving the courtyard. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.”

#WednesdayWalk — Missing Out on All the Fun and Excitement

“Let him lock himself up in this thing,” I laughed as I hurried off to my friend’s big party. “He’s going to miss all the fun and excitement.”

Wednesday Walk — The Best Defense Attorney Money Can’t Buy

I hesitated to reach out to him. Could I really believe what I heard was true or was it rumor? With the crimes I had committed, I knew I was condemned to die.

Too Much Wine #WednesdayWalk

He stared at me with a puzzled look as he dipped a spoon into one of the jars and tasted the wine. “It’s obvious this is an expensive wine made for a king. How did it get here? Was it a gift?”

#WednesdayWalk —When God-sizing Makes No Sense

There must have been about 300 men standing with Gideon when he announced that those men would stay and the rest of us should go home. I couldn’t believe what was happening.

#WednesdayWalk — Obeying Like the Wind and Waves

What was it like to experience Jesus’ teaching; his miracles? This post follows someone who heard him teach and saw him calm the rough sea.

#WednesdayWalk – Hard Teaching, Hard Choice

So often his words pierced me like a sword, to my very soul. He touched me deeply in a way I could not explain. There was something different about him. Yet I wrestled with what following him meant to my life.

#WednesdayWalk —Leftover Emptiness Inside

Explore what it might have been like to be present when Jesus fed the 5,000. This post is from the perspective of a man who was there, based on John 6:1-15.

At the Cross

Suddenly we heard Jesus cry out in a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Indeed, I could not understand why God would allow such a brutal injustice.