Palm Sunday. We use that name to designate the beginning of what is often called “Holy Week.” It is the week that changed the world. Jesus had a specific purpose for his actions on Palm Sunday. He deliberately came to Jerusalem that day, shortly after raising Lazarus from the dead. He deliberately sent His disciples […]
Debbie and I are playing in the community orchestra for Yreka High School’s spring musical, “Fiddler on the Roof”. The performances will be Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon the next two weekends.“Fiddler” is a well-known musical about the struggle of one Jewish man in a changing society. Tevye has five daughters, three of
The resurrection of Jesus changed everything! Since the beginning of creation, death reigned. Yes, there had been a few previous resurrections, but those people only lived to die again. Everyone died! For thousands of years every human being ever born was destined to die, and stay dead. But now, now death was defeated. Jesus rose
I had the privilege of serving on the local Volunteer Fire Department for over 30 years. During that time, we had an excellent chief, who worked hard to equip and train us, for our own personal safety and effectiveness as first responders. One of the things he did was to study the best practices of
Colossians 2:6–7 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.Several years ago the church I pastored chose these verses as our annual motto. We phrased