Author Archives: omie1976

As part of one family or another, I’ve been in church all my life. When I was a child, Mom and Dad may have used some unusual approaches to the subject, but there was always a basic under-current that church should be part of life. Mom propelled us to church; my earliest recollection is ofContinue reading “Church as a Way of Life”

Recently I had the joy of assisting in a small way with a project at church. One of the stations of the “Prayer Experience” offered participants the opportunity to give and receive blessings, passages from the Bible in which the Master spoke words of love over His people. It was a blessing to me, justContinue reading “Send “Fourth” – Blessings”

Easter. Resurrection Sunday. The preeminent holiday of the Christian calendar. Outranking Christmas because this is the day when all that we see as beginning at Christmas comes to its triumphant culmination: Christ overthrows Death! The baby of Bethlehem strides out of the tomb, the King of Kings, glorious in power, to reign in majesty forever!Continue reading “The Third Day, Easter”

This, the day after the crucifixion, isn’t talked about much in the Bible. Think, though, about the different groups of people who figured prominently in the resurrection events, and what it would have been like to be among them. The apostles were hiding, terrified that the Roman soldiers would come looking for them to killContinue reading “Second Blog – The Day After”

Launching this blog on Good Friday is not just happenstance. A long time ago, I wrote a poem about Jesus’ moments on the cross, but it has been in a drawer, unseen, ever since. This year is appropriate for publishing this poem for several reasons. First the urging and encouragement of my daughter Amy: myContinue reading “First Blog, Good Friday 2020”