Easter/Lent – Kingdom Harbor

QUOTABLES: The Cross in Our Culture

March 7, 2018

“Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession…Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.” -DIETRICH BONHOEFFER The creed of contemporary Christianity offers “A God without wrath [who] … More QUOTABLES: The Cross in Our Culture

Move the Stone, Come Out & Be Unwrapped

May 26, 2017

I’ve been studying the raising of Lazarus recently. I love how a closer examination of a very familiar passage can reveal new spiritual truths. Here are a few little insights I’ve gleaned. First, this story is full of deep emotions and coated with tears, grief, loss and longing. Just think of the last funeral visitation you … More Move the Stone, Come Out & Be Unwrapped

Seven Stanzas at Easter (J. Updike)

April 21, 2017

“Make no mistake: if He rose at all it was as His body; if the cells’ dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the church will fall…. Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping transcendence; Making of the even a parable, a sign painted in the faded credulity of … More Seven Stanzas at Easter (J. Updike)

Just Give Me the Flowers

June 10, 2014

Here’s a Daily Illumination spring classic from 2006! Do I look younger? Drip, drip, drip. Tweet, tweet. Can you hear the sounds of spring? What a messy time of year! Mud and slush. Scraping the bottom of your shoe off on the sidewalk or with a stick before coming into the house. Hopping and skipping … More Just Give Me the Flowers

At the Foot of the Cross 3 (K. Gardiner)

April 7, 2012

I’m enjoying these meditations by Ken Gardiner found here. “And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.” (Matt. 27:36) HIM THERE! Who put him there? To answer that literally, we must say, “The soldiers”; the army of occupation. Technically they were Romans, and the centurion in charge would most probably indeed have come from … More At the Foot of the Cross 3 (K. Gardiner)

Jelly Bean Easter Prayer

April 6, 2012

Jelly Bean Prayer Red is for the blood He gave, Green is for the grass he made. Yellow is for the sun so bright, Orange is for the edge of night. Black is for the sins we made, White is for the grace he gave. Purple is for his hour of sorrow. Pink is for … More Jelly Bean Easter Prayer

At the Foot of the Cross 2 (K. Gardiner)

April 6, 2012

I’m enjoying these meditations by Ken Gardiner found here. “And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.” (Matt. 27:36) HIM THERE! Him! As we think of him, let us try to picture for a moment, how he would seem to them – the ones with whom he’d shared himself. You see, for us, our … More At the Foot of the Cross 2 (K. Gardiner)

At the Foot of the Cross 1 (K. Gardiner)

April 5, 2012

I’m enjoying these meditations by Ken Gardiner found here. “And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.” (Matt. 27:36) HIM THERE! Words are strange things; for their size they carry so much meaning, especially when they are put together, as in the present case:- HIM THERE! Why, there isn’t even a verb, … More At the Foot of the Cross 1 (K. Gardiner)

A Stadium-sized Easter Celebration!

April 24, 2011

Nearly 20,000 people gathered on Sunday, April 24th at Qwest field in Seattle to form the largest church service to ever take place in the Pacific Northwest. Pastor Mark Driscoll preaches on the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the most important and influential man who has ever lived. His Twitter feed this afternoon … More A Stadium-sized Easter Celebration!

God so loved the world that He….dropped plastic eggs from a helicopter?

April 20, 2011

Ok, here’s a good discussion starter. I had coffee with a dear pastor friend of mine who was NOT happy about the way some churches are choosing to celebrate Easter. Many churches have decided a great way to celebrate Easter is by spending thousands of dollars on renting a helicopter and dropping thousands of plastic … More God so loved the world that He….dropped plastic eggs from a helicopter?