The Resurrection Has Changed History

by | Apr 3, 2024 | Devotionals

A 17 year old high school senior, the day after my partner and I won the tournament for the largest debate camp in the country, I woke to no fans outside my bedroom window, no keys to the city, not even a mention in our ultra-local newspaper. Although the world had...

The Annual Commemoration of Christ’s Passion

by | Mar 27, 2024 | Devotionals

John taught his disciples to pray and fast, yearning for a deliverance which had been hiding for centuries just beyond the horizon. This is why Jesus contrasts John’s fasting disciples with his own: “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?”...

Donne with Death: Part 2 | Episode 140

by | Mar 27, 2024

Barry reads The Day from poet John Donne, where we are reminded of our value and God’s promises through the most somber of occasions. Funerals are just a believer’s step toward what’s next.       Poems/Book: The Day, John Donne Scriptures: Psalm 44,...

Donne with Death: Part 1 | Episode 139

by | Mar 20, 2024

Barry explores John Donne’s poetry, revealing the dangers and hope associated with death. These poems are a great reminder of why Christ-followers celebrate Easter. Poems/Book: The Day, John Donne, Holy Sonnets 10 and 17, John Donne  

God Confronts Us With the Absurd

by | Dec 6, 2023 | Devotionals

Mary’s objection to Gabriel is more right than she knows. “How will this be…?” means “This is not possible.” And it is not. An announcement cannot make a virgin pregnant. Per Solomon’s prayer and Jesus’ own words to a Samaritan woman: God cannot be contained or...