Tag: Easter
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The Enemy
Last week I mentioned that I hate the word “death.” It is so harsh. Rather than speak of someone’s death, I prefer to say their “homegoing.” Why is death so hard? Why is death so frightening? It seems self-evident on the one hand. Someone we love is gone from this life. Yet, we are all…
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Already
By the time this post publishes, it will be the Monday after Easter. Many of my devotionals and Bible readings during this Lenten season have been about the events leading up to Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection. Three of the gospels, Matthew, John, and Luke tell the Easter story. But, Matthew describes something that neither of…
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Both
One of the devotionals I read each morning is Our Daily Bread. (Just an aside: I remember my grandparents getting the little monthly booklets in the mail. It has been around since 1938. I read it via the app on my phone. My grandparents would be happy that I subscribe and amazed at the technology.)…
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Wait
Rachel went to Heaven on the Tuesday before Easter on April 11th 6 years ago. It was so hard that first year to worship a risen Christ on Easter knowing that my daughter’s body lay waiting to be turned into ashes. The thoughts and memories are still hard, but the worship comes easier; although still…
A Light for My Path 