Praise God for Palm Sunday!
What a day! Maybe you are wondering what I mean by that. For you, the day is just beginning.
Entries by Amanda Petersen
Eagles Soar in the Bible!
I don’t know if it still is there, but as I waited in line to ride the Wild Eagle Roller Coaster at Dollywood in Tennessee, there in giant mural form was this passage from the book of Isaiah.
Forget it!
If I were to ask you to name the top ten miracles God performed in the Old Testament in order to save his people…what sort of miracles come to mind?
It is Hidden in the Savior’s Rejection by the World
Up and under. Up to Jesus’ cross. And under our own. As we continue the Lenten journey, we consider the cross bearing that we share with Christ and that he shares with us: The cross always brings rejection, and to our astonishment, that rejection has glory hidden in it.
“It is Hidden in the Savior’s Solitude”
Our Lenten journey this year begins with the Lenten journey of Jesus and his disciples as it was so many years ago. We hear Jesus’ call to go with him up to Jerusalem and to the cross in Luke 18:31-34:
One Shining Moment
Are you familiar with this song? “The ball is tipped…And there you are…You’re running for your life…You’re a shooting star…” Any guesses?
Not All Lions in the Bible are Bad!
“Judah is a lion’s cub ….the scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until the one to whom it belongs comes.
Forgiven Forgive
A 17-year-old author named Pliny the Younger watched, as a firsthand witness, as Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, burying the city of Pompei. He wrote about the event and said that a dense cloud shot up like a pine tree and the ash of eruption spread out in the air like the branches of a tree.
Why Matthias?
Do you remember Matthias, the apostle? If you don’t, don’t worry.
“Chosen!”
There was a commercial a few years ago which took place in a baseball dugout. The team, made up of community adults were watching their at-bat play out.
