by Rusty Freeman | Apr 17, 2022 | Blog
“Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my...
by Rusty Freeman | Apr 16, 2022 | Blog
Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been...
by Rusty Freeman | Apr 15, 2022 | Blog
“Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.” Luke 23.46 So many significant events happened in the last 24 hours of Jesus’ life. From the Triumphal Entry, to the Last Supper, to his...
by Rusty Freeman | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog
“Good Friday, we know. And Easter most certainly. But what is Maundy Thursday? Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter, believed to be the day when Jesus celebrated his final Passover with His disciples. Most notably, that Passover meal was when Jesus washed the...
by Rusty Freeman | Apr 12, 2022 | Blog
[Inspiration for these reflections are adapted from PAUSES FOR LENT: 40 Words for 40 Days, Copyright © 2015 by Rev. Trevor Hudson by Upper Room Books Nashville. Both the selected Scripture and theme and initial paragraph in quotes are from Hudson.] “I am the way.”...
