As we enter the season of Lent, many of us consider what we can give up for Lent. A few years back, I tried to give up pride and last year I tried to give … Read More
A Love Filled Vacuum
Written by Rev. Chris Bouma, Pastor at Ideal Park CRC I have recently been making my way through Stephen Hawking’s book, “A Brief History of Time” (thank goodness it is the illustrated edition!) One discussed … Read More
Lent-choosing life everyday by confessing my sins
Lent is here, again. And once again I’ve struggled to come up with something to give up for these 40 days. But inspiration struck Sunday evening during a sermon on confession: this Lent, I am … Read More
Day 39 – Good Friday
And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, … Read More
Day 38 – Maundy Thursday
And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which … Read More
Day 37 – Lent Devo
And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of … Read More
Day 36 – Lent Devo
And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to … Read More
Day 35 – Lent Devo
And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came, and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, … Read More
Day 34 – Lent Devo
And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the … Read More
Day 33 – Lent Devo
And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Now the betrayer … Read More