Tag Archives: Christ
Chronic Illness and Crucifixion…
I have spent many years living with the reality of crippling chronic illness. Like others, I find that those closest to me, particularly my spouse, often bear the brunt of this. Not that I want to hurt others, especially those who show me the greatest care and concern, but that is, almost inevitably although unfortunately, what […]
Take Time to Remember…
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. It is estimated that at least 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945. Of those, approximately 1.1 million were murdered. Just 10 days before the liberation, the Nazis gave the order that […]
Drunk on teardrops?
A provocative image, isn’t this? Eyes pouring out tears for drinking. But this is not a new picture at all. Having been recently diagnosed with a common strain of clinical depression, I have been taking some time to reacquaint myself with what the Scriptures say about depression. There are very few people in the world who […]
God’s Eternity in the Human Heart…
Many have been shocked and saddened by the news of both David Bowie and Alan Rickman’s deaths…death itself was never an original feature of God’s blueprint for humanity.
Were You there? Did You care?
Crying, crying, crying… When I cried a cry of dereliction, were You there? You listened as Your only Child, Your pride and joy (or so You said), wept, cried and moaned as He was whipped and scourged for crimes He never committed, but You stayed silent as His broken body was lifted up to suffer […]
broken inside 
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