IT IS FINISHED  Jesus said some amazing things as he died on the cross, and for the past 6 weeks, we took time to meditate on each of them. He forgave his tormentors; He took care of His mother, He promised salvation to a fellow sufferer, and He expressed both the pain of separation from God and the serenity of entrusting himself into the...

FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS  Each gospel has its unique take on the life and ministry of Jesus. In this week's penultimate episode, we read Luke's gospel. Interestingly, all the gospels say that at the end, just as he died, Jesus shouted something, but they report different things that he shouted, so we assume he said all three, but Bible...

 I THIRST  This week we will look the fifth statement of Jesus coming from John 19:28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of hyssop plant and lifted it up to Jesus’ lips....

4. WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?  During this week’s Lenten meditation, we are pondering perhaps the most famous and certainly the most searing of all Jesus’ last words from the cross. A cry of abandonment; a cry of loneliness; a cry of utter desolation: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?  Physically, Jesus’ agony is increasing and in this...