This week we have pored over the resurrection passages in all four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Each one is an account of what happened after Jesus’ death but...
Read John 20:24-31 ‘Mixed emotions’ perfectly describes how I initially felt upon discovering the invitation to participate in the writing of this devotional. I enjoyed the honor of being...
Read John 20:1-9 Read John 20:1-10 and pay attention to the reactions of the different people arriving and leaving the tomb. Imagine the shock of Mary Magdalene when she...
Read Luke 24:36-48 Have you ever felt the deep weight of loss? Not the feeling of defeat in a game or something of that sort, but the total collapse of...
Read Mark 16:9-20 Having wonderful news and a wonderful story to go along with it is such an amazing gift, it makes it all the more frustrating when people that...
Read Mark 16:1-8 As I write this devotional, it’s winter and Milwaukee is covered in eight inches of heavy snow which is appropriate, because I’ve been thinking a lot about...
Read Matthew 28:1-10 “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.”...
Today is a Holy Saturday in the Christian tradition, the day between Good Friday, when we remember Jesus’ death on the Cross, and Easter Sunday, the day when we remember...
Read Matthew 27:27-54 Although as a child I attended a church where Good Friday was reverently observed each year, I’d never wept over Jesus’ crucifixion. Then, when I was about...
Read Matthew 26:17-30 “Simon Peter said, ‘You’re the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.'” (Matthew 16:16, The Message) When I worked in a homeless clinic, my...