I’ve seen two church signs in the last week that, instead of announcing this week’s sermon or offering a biblical word of encouragement, read simply and pointedly: “Whoever is praying for snow, please stop!” In that spirit – and knowing that across at least the north half of the U.S....

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant-girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before all of them, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.” When he went out to the porch, another servant-girl saw him, and she...

It doesn’t get much sweeter than this. A group of Massachusetts firefighters report to the scene of a stuck elevator. When they put up a ladder to bring people down, they realize one of the occupants – four year old Kaelyn – is visibly upset, so one of the firefighters,...

Then they spat in his face and struck him; and some slapped him, saying, “Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who is it that struck you?” It’s the abuse that I find most difficult. Much of the Passion, when you read as slowly as we are, is hard to endure. From the agony of the garden to the...