He Is Risen
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!”
“He is risen.”
The Good Shepherd Dies for His Sheep–John 18:28-40 and John 19:1-37
God’s Love
Today, at the time of this writing, is Good Friday.
As we walk through the Gospel of John, today, on good Friday, we find ourselves with Jesus on the Good Friday, the original Good Friday. Maybe that’s not a coincidence. So for that reason, I’m posting on Friday, instead of Saturday morning as I usually do.
The Peace Prayer (a prayer for personal peace)
A friend asked me if I would be willing to write a prayer for us that we could say each morning to help us move to the peace end of the chart above. After praying about it . . .
Updated, This Story Likely Not True–Italian Doctor After COVID-19: “I was an atheist but now I’m back to God.”
I was taken to school on this one. According to Joel Forster of Evangelical Focus this story is likely false news. Apparently there are several versions circulating, one with a 75 year old pastor as the inspirational figure in the story, others, like this one, point to a priest. Also, a member of the Italian Evangelical Alliance board was asked about the story. He then contacted evangelical pastors of several denominations in Italy and they all agreed that the testimony is not reliable. (See Joel Forster’s article: Christian Fake News? The story of the atheist doctor in Lombardy)
Forster goes on to say it’s possible there could be some truth in the story. But the right thing to do here is to point out it’s not credible.
The following post and the above image are from an article published in INTERRIS. (Manuela Petrini, Covid-19, la straordinaria testimonianza di un medico: “Ero ateo ma ora sono tornato a Dio”, INTERRIS, March 21, 2020) A friend of mine used Google translate and then did some further editing to clean up the translation. Hat tip to Amy DeTar Ginski and Sheila Underwood Vamplin.
Jack’s Story: “A plateful of crow tastes bad but it’s packed full of vitamins. Lots of fiber too.”
Jack and Carolyn on their first wedding anniversary.
