Matthew Jones, son of my friend David, died in February at the age of 29, after a four-year battle with neuroblastoma.
Tag Archives: Easter
The Parable of the Birds Remixed
We all know the parable of the birds, in which a man on Christmas Eve sees a flock of birds huddled in the snow, cold and miserable. He tries to entice them into his warm barn, but being afraid, they want nothing to do with him.
Bad Day / Best Day: A Modern-Day Easter Story
The following story was written by my friend Rennie, whose two teenaged sons were killed in a car accident in 1999. I dedicated my book Champagne for the Soul to those two boys, Joël and Daniel.
Holy Feet: A Maundy Thursday Story
Here’s an excerpt from a new novel I’m working on. In this story, my protagonist Nathan’s father lies incapacitated in a care home, in an advanced state of Alzheimer’s. Initially unable to communicate with his father at all, and feeling profoundly alienated, over the course of many visits Nathan gradually learns to express, and to receive, love.
Three Artists of the Passion: Tissot, Rouault, Kurelek
One of my devotional practices for Lent has been to meditate on paintings of the life of Christ, particularly the works of three artists: James Tissot, Georges Rouault, and William Kurelek.
Easter Dawn: Three Poems for Easter
Three poems celebrating Christ’s Easter victory over death. He is risen! Alleluia!
Touching Jesus: The Five-Fingerhole Bethlehem Cross
In the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, built over the cave where Jesus was born, there is also an arresting reminder of His death.
My Redeemer Lives: Job’s Easter Prophecy
On July 20, 1969, the first man landed on the moon. One spring morning about the year A.D. 33 the first New Man landed on the earth. His spaceship was a tomb, and He left His pressurized linen suit inside and walked out into a garden.
Merry Easter?
This week, a reflection on Easter by Frederica Mathewes-Green:
Reach for the Stars: An Easter Story
Once upon a time I had a tattoo. I got it in 1977, long before tattoos were chic.