Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of Read more
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” –Hebrews 4:15 As we often struggle during Lent – giving up worldly attachments and embracing prayer, fasting and almsgiving Read more
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” –Lamentations 3:22-23 Lent is a season of repentance. In many ways, that means the act of embracing the brokenness both within and around us. We look Read more
Oh! bring us, then, we pray Thee, now near to Thyself. Let us bathe ourselves in communion with our God. Blessed be the love which chose us before the world began. We can never sufficiently adore Thee for Thy sovereignty, the sovereignty of love which saw us in the ruins Read more
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I hope; my soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. -Psalm 130:5-6 The 1662 Book of Common Prayer prescribes Psalm 130 (among others) to be read on Ash Read more
Issue 3: Lazarus “Lazarus, come out!” Jesus’s first words to His resurrected friend demonstrate His power over death itself – even Lazarus, dead for four days, can be raised through Christ’s intervention. But more than just a show of divine power, these words are an invitation to greater intimacy with Read more
Issue 4: Living Water “Whoever drinks the water I shall give,” Christ tells the Samaritan woman in John 4, “will never thirst.” In a culture which often disdains the possibility of everlasting fulfillment, Christ’s words might strike us as fanciful. To hope for perfect satisfaction in anything, it seems, is Read more
By Nikko Wheeler Water has been essential throughout most of my life. As a kid, my dad was in the Navy. He was stationed in Panama City Beach, working at the Experimental Diving Unit. When he wasn’t working, we’d go to the base pool, where we spent much of Read more
By Terry Culpepper In the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s death and passage into eternal life, it seems to me rather natural to consider his book, Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life. Even though it is a dense academic work originally written for his graduate students, the then-Joseph Ratzinger offers us Read more