Tag: Luke

  • Death’s Melancholy: Resurrection’s Rapture

    “Then beginning with the scriptures of Moses and from all the prophets he uncovered the things concerning himself.” – the good news of Luke 24:27 Scripture taught along a road from Jerusalem One of the the most remarkable verses in scripture comes to us from witnesses on a road to Emmaus from Jerusalem. Though less…

    photo of valley near Emmaus
  • 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…

    man is like a breath - quote from Ps 144 and photo of sun and blue sky breaking through the clu=ouds
  • Padiddle

    Padiddle ‘Padiddle,’ it came to me as I was driving home at dusk one evening. Padiddle, where did that come from? Then I remembered. I had not grown up with it, for our family had played other travel games in the car. In fact, as I observed a car in traffic with no lights on…