Category: Life Notes

Life Notes—March 25, 2010  “It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.  Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads and saying, ‘Aha!  You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself, and come down from the cross!’”  Mark 15: 25,29-30  Two thousand years ago, people … Continue reading Getting or Receiving

Life Notes—March 18, 2010 “After mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene…” Mark 15: 20-21a Jesus has been … Continue reading A Little Relief

Life Notes—March 11, 2010  “Pilate asked them, ’Why, what evil has he done?’ But they cried all the more, ‘Crucify him!’  So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.”  Mark 15: 14-15  The temple leadership, the Sanhedrin, held their mock trial … Continue reading A Necessary Series of Events

Life Notes—March 4, 2010  “Then after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, ‘Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.’ But he began to curse, and he swore an oath, ‘I do not know this man you are talking about.’”   Mark 14: 39-40  Jesus, praying in the Garden of … Continue reading Blood in the Water

Life Notes—February 25, 2010  “And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.  And once more he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to say to him.”   Mark 14: 39-40  Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane with Peter, James and John, his … Continue reading Companionship

Life Notes—February 18, 2010  “Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it.  He said to them, ‘This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.  Truly I tell you, I will never again drink of the fruit of … Continue reading An Amazing Sacrifice

Life Notes—February 11, 2010  “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.  It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.  It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, … Continue reading A Vast and Steamy Love Story

Life Notes—February 3, 2010  “…When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.’  Simon answered, ‘Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing.’”   Luke 5:3b-5a  Jesus was using Simon’s boat as a platform from which to preach to … Continue reading Net-Breaking Success

Life Notes—January 28, 2010  “…and you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.  And he said, ‘Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown.’”   Luke 4:23b-24  When I was in high school and college I played in rock bands.  Although … Continue reading A Matter of Proximity

Life Notes—January 21, 2010  “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ…If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.   1 Corinthians 12: 12, 26  … Continue reading Members in the Body