Lent 2026

On Palm Sunday, the crowd that welcomes Jesus into Jerusalem celebrates a king who brings a revolution. However, they fail to see that Jesus introduces a different kind of revolution. He is not like Caesar or other emperors who ruled before. He offers the Revolution of an upside-down kingdom that operates through persuasion rather than…

When we live the way everyone else around us lives, we often feel a weariness that comes from lacking purpose. The Israelites in exile experienced this, but Ezekiel promised a restoration to their land and their purpose. The Spirit of God breathes new life into his people, promising them that death will not be the…

Clear vision is important to us, but clear spiritual vision, discernment, is even more important. Discernment isn't something we get by thinking hard, it is a gift from God. We see the importance of discernment in the case of Samuel, when he is sent by God to choose a successor to Saul, in the Ephesians,…

In the Bible, thirst can serve as a metaphor for our need for God. We can see that sometimes we are desperately thirsty for what God can provide for us (like the Israelites in the wilderness near Rephidim) or we are thirsty because the water we've been drinking—the things from which we've been seeking security…

God's call for the life of faith is a journey without any maps along the way. He asks us to trust him as he leads us to surprising places, as Abraham found out when God led him to the promised land, and as Nicodemus discovered when he went to speak with Jesus at night.

When Human beings say, "No" to God, the power of sin spreads like a virus through creation; but when Jesus of Nazareth said, "Yes" to God in everything he unleashes a different sort of virus, one that spreads righteousness around the world. This new 'virus' allows us to live reconciled to God in a world…