Makobaw. One small word in scripture that illuminates the life of the one from whom all life proceeds. It’s meaning? Suffering. Pain. Sorrow. Known as the Song of the Suffering Servant, Isaiah 52:13-53:12 highlights several of the reasons Jesus is referred to...
Lent, the forty days observed before Easter, commemorate those that preceded the advent of Christ’s ministry–when Jesus “was sent into the wilderness” (Mark 1:12) and tempted by Satan. With the season of “bright sadness” upon us, a term used by the Eastern...
A woman grips a cardboard sign with the words “Need rent money or food. God bless.” scrawled across its surface. Her eyes follow one vehicle and then another as the drivers rush past, too busy or embarrassed to acknowledge the lady with the woebegone face. Young men...
I close my eyes, allowing its power to wash over me. Loose particles of sand dance up from the shoreline, pelting my feet where I’ve rolled the cuffs of my jeans to ankle height and the waves, placid earlier this morning, protest loudly. God’s presence is...
