He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels waited on him. In last Sunday’s message about this passage, citing scholarly sources, the preacher at Hanover suggested that the beasts Jesus hung with in the wilderness brought comfort and support. Said pastor offered that…
Symbols tell stories; deep, important, powerful stories. Not only do they capture our stories, the symbols we use proclaim our stories to the world. For followers of Christ the cross tells the story of God’s sacrificial love. And yet the symbols of the cross are as rich and varied as those who tell its story. …
The advent of the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday, is less than a week away. At the starting line of the journey to Easter’s empty tomb we are marked with ashes in the form of a cross that remind us that we are dust and to dust we shall return. Then for the next forty days…