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I clearly remember the first time I visited ‘the Garden Tomb’ in Jerusalem and read the caption over the entrance, ‘He is not here for

“It is the worst and best of all human deaths. For on this tree he bears our sins in his body (1 Peter 2:24), “the

“The crucifixion must always remain enough of a scandalous enigma that it invites us to take a second and third look.” Easter is approaching, but

My name is Tamara. The Hebrew origin for my name translates to “palm tree” or “palm branch.” My parents reminded me of the meaning each

  Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 A couple of months ago I stopped at McDonald’s early one morning to get a cup of coffee. And the young

The denial of death . . . it’s all around us. When people die, they are often alone, sequestered in hospitals far away from the

“Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he [Jesus] said to them, ‘Come

As one of the most joyous of all Christmas hymns, this carol omits references to shepherds, angelic choruses, and wise men. It emphasizes instead the

What would be our lot if Jesus had not come? What realities and beauties and graces we live in would become untrue? What would we