"Do you love me?"

February 13, 2009

“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” (John 21:15 ~ in part) “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” (John 21:16 ~ in part) “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” (John 21:17 ~ in part) With resounding clarity Jesus had demonstrated His sacrificial love for Peter. He had […]

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Shalom

February 6, 2009

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. ~ John 14:27 Nearly four years ago, when Mary and I left our dear friends in Kansas City and moved to Denver, they […]

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Listen to Him

January 30, 2009

Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter […]

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In the Newness of Life

January 23, 2009

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. ~ Luke 23:46 Jesus, roughly thirty-three years old, had His life snuffed from Him at a point of highly effective, deeply impactful living. Jesus had established a level of relational […]

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In the War Room

January 16, 2009

Ray Fitzgerald had the good sense to marry my wonderful niece in early 2001. The ceremony took place in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and was a delightful celebration of love, life and hope. Today, over eight years later, Ray and Kristin have converted promises made into promises kept. They are making good on the […]

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Just a Kiss

January 9, 2009

My entry through the front door didn’t go unnoticed. I had just finished a productive, but exhausting day at the office so the re-entry into our home was well anticipated and a welcome balm. I slipped my shoes off and looked down the hallway toward the family room. My first glimpse was of Mary, and […]

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Beloved Son

December 26, 2008

And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” ~ Mark 1:11 Before the first miracle, before the first healing touch, before the scrutiny of the religious leaders, before the waves of public opinion ebbed and flowed, God spoke words of affirmation and love into the soul […]

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Only a Mother

December 19, 2008

Only a mother knows. I am quite certain that as Mary wrapped her arms around Jesus for the very first time that she felt a cascade of emotions. Although she had watched and felt the change in her own body that affirmed the shocking words of the angel, now she was holding a baby, the […]

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His Purpose

December 12, 2008

And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ~ Mark 15:21 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry […]

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Nevertheless

December 5, 2008

But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. ~ Psalm 73:16-17 It was “in the sanctuary of God” that the Psalmist found the answer to his honest and pressing questions. It was in the presence […]

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