From a brief reflection on sorrow, Easter and life by Ravi Zacharias. Of all the descriptions given about Jesus, there is one that unabashedly stands out to confront us. It is a description uttered by the prophet Isaiah, prodding mind and heart at once: “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, …
Submitted to our local paper, the Border Watch. The Easter weekend is now over. Seeing how many people were out and about on the day before Good Friday it seemed that lots of people were having a longer weekend than the four days from Friday to Monday. The wrench of returning to work was hopefully …
March 25 is observed by some Christians as the date on which the annunciation by the angel of Mary’s pregnancy with Jesus took place. It is very unusual for the day to be shared by Good Friday. Read more about that here. From Mockingbird, a poem by John Donne, “Upon the Annunciation and Passion Falling …
An Easter reflection for our local paper, The Border Watch. There are times when you revisit something from the past that reminds you of the changing nature of your own life. Go back to the place where you first went to school; it’s likely you’ll think it’s so much smaller than you remember it. School …
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