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Continue reading →: Jerusalem, Day 2
Bob and Me at the Dome of the Rock Our day began at the Temple Mount where we viewed the Muslim sites the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The Dome is built on the approximate site of Herod’s Temple, although because the Muslim leaders in charge…
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Continue reading →: Jerusalem, Day One
Lyda on the Camel! We started even earlier this morning with all of us on the bus at 7:15 a.m. The payoff was that we were among the first pilgrims out and about. It was a short bus ride to the Mount of Olives where we heard a reading from…
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Continue reading →: From Tiberias to Jerusalem
We packed our bags-and loaded up the bus and were out and about bright and early. On the bus Bob shared a devotional based on Romans 12. Hannah offered some incredible perspective concerning the historical and cultural context which helps us understand the pilgrimage sites from a more wholistic point-of-view.…
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Continue reading →: The Galilee Region, Day Two
Another day, another early start. Our guide Hannah loves those early mornings! Actually, it’s been great because the time for supper is set by the hotel and in order to get back in time and still have a full day, we need to leave early. We began with a devotional…
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Continue reading →: The Galilee Region, First Day
View from the Mt. of Beatitudes What a day! We started early. Hannah, our guide, likes to get an early start so we were on the bus by 7:30 a.m. I was misinformed yesterday, instead of beginning with the Galilee boat ride, we started at the Mount of Beatitudes.…
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Continue reading →: From Lebanon to Tiberias
Normally, when someone talks about a journey from Lebanon to Tiberias, they would be talking about a relatively short land trip of about a hundred miles between the nation of Lebanon in the Middle East and Tiberius, a city in northern Israel on the Sea of Galilee. But, not in…
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Continue reading →: Easter People are Happy People
I’ve spent quite a bit of the past year thinking about death. I know, that’s terribly depressing, isn’t it? My Dad died last year, during Lent, actually, Maundy Thursday, to be exact. He suffered for a relatively brief period of time from an extraordinarily rare form of brain cancer that…
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Continue reading →: On Maundy Thursday
Maundy is a funny word. We use this word to describe today, the day Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper. We use it is because on this night Jesus told his disciples: "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you…
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Continue reading →: Who Needs Crucifixion?
This post is my Ash Wednesday meditation based on Mark 15:1-15. It is the first message in a series titled "Cross-Purposes." This is our series for Lent. “And they cried out again, ‘Crucify him!’” Mark 15:13 (ESV) Lent is a season of forty days (not including Sundays) leading to the…
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Continue reading →: Jesus’ Purpose Statement
There are several places in the Gospels where Jesus explicitly states the purpose of his ministry. One that comes to mind is Luke 19:10: “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Another is John 10:10: “I came that they may have life and have it…
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Welcome to Flourishing Life, a space designed to help you pursue the abundant life God offers everyone. Jesus said in John 10:10, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (ESV). I’m convinced God created the world for flourishing human life. However, we’ve all contributed to the brokenness in the world and our own lives. Many don’t even realize a better way is possible. My hope for this blog is that you’ll discover the life God has always intended for you, the ones you love, and the world.
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