by debracelovsky | Mar 28, 2024 | Lent/Easter
Read The Gospel of John 13–17; and 18 These first five chapters are, in my opinion, among the most beautiful in scripture. From the moment Jesus enters the Passover room until he hears the approach of the mob in the Garden, love overshadows every word. Before Jesus...
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by debracelovsky | Mar 27, 2024 | Lent/Easter
Read Matthew 11:28-30 for Jesus’ words of comfort; Matthew 26:14-16 and Luke 22:1-6 for other events unfolding at this time Over the fireplace in a retreat center deep in the redwoods here in Sonoma County is a quote by the Roman poet, Ovid: Take rest; the...
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by debracelovsky | Mar 26, 2024 | Lent/Easter
Matthew 21:23–Chapter 25 Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them! ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Voiceless, 1858 This quote comes to mind as I read Matthew’s account of all Jesus said and did on this day. It is astonishing. He...
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by debracelovsky | Mar 25, 2024 | Lent/Easter, Word
Read Mark 11:12-19 and Matthew 21:12-14 (and see John 2:13-17) Monday of Passion Week begins with a tree. Yesterday, Jesus entered Jerusalem to wild acclaim—a forest of palm branches, cheering crowds, his disciples clearing a path for the humble beast and its humble...
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by debracelovsky | Mar 22, 2024 | Lent/Easter
I read John 11, Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:11, and Luke 19:41-44 in this order In 2022, I stood once again on the Wall surrounding the Old City of Jerusalem, looking across to the Mount of Olives. Once covered in olive groves, its slopes over the past three thousand...
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by debracelovsky | Feb 22, 2023 | Lent/Easter
Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realizing that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again from...
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