Author: Roger Harned

  • 70 Years (or so)?

    70 years (or so)… In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19 NKJV Remember… you are dust We’ve all heard it: “Remember, you are dust” or some graveside equivalent…

  • DEATH cries out! from many perspectives

    A poem of death’s despair. From cries of pain Surrounded by suffering Entombed in death Men and women Hung their heads In death’s despair. + His pain I now know His suffering I deserve From this dark place of justice My sorrow must pierce. Roger Harned – TalkofJESUS.com “ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” 22:1 אֵלִי אֵלִי…

  • That Unwelcome Quiet Time

    STRESS!! It consumes, divides and doubles. You would think that a little quiet time would be welcome, but that’s not always the case. In fact, for many of us quiet time may invite the most intimidating minutes of our day. A quiet awakening I should have welcomed opportunity for more sleep, for my night had been…

  • Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross

    Roger is born again in the Holy Spirit! I owned a business just across the parking lot and cemetery next to the church where we worshiped each Sunday. It is the church where our daughter was baptized and where I read scripture and ministered communion to shut-ins. I made the short pilgrimage down the sidewalk…

  • 40 Years

    The following is personal in nature and not specifically witness, as are my usual posts. – Roger +  It was forty years ago tonight, December 6, 1974, that we celebrated as our first date. It was an anniversary perhaps more important in our memories than a wedding day many months latter in 1976. We were drawn…

  • Jerusalem Defiled Awaits Her King

    THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATED POST ABOUT JERUSALEM by Roger Harned originally published on TALK OF JESUS .COM APRIL 14, A.D. 2014 about Palm Sunday in Jerusalem Do you with eyes to see Jerusalem as it is and was in the time of Jesus see it? It is not unlike today. Jerusalem is no longer…