The Table Was Set

The Table Was Set

The Table Was Set by Dr. Tamara W. Dias Jesus knew at was coming: the betrayal, the arrest, the cross. John 13:3 (NRSVUE) tells us that before he ever picked up the towel, Jesus knew that “the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God...
The World Turned Upside Down

The World Turned Upside Down

Matthew 28 (CEB) 1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb. 2 Look, there was a great earthquake, for an angel from the Lord came down from heaven. Coming to the stone, he rolled it away and...
How to Raise a Dead Body

How to Raise a Dead Body

Ezekiel 37 (CEB) 1 The Lord’s power overcame me, and while I was in the Lord’s spirit, he led me out and set me down in the middle of a certain valley. It was full of bones. 2 He led me through them all around, and I saw that there were a great many of them on the...
Sent to Salve

Sent to Salve

John 9 (NRSVue) 1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works...
No More of This

No More of This

Luke 22 (NRSVue) 35 He said to them, “When I sent you out without a purse, bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “No, not a thing.” 36 He said to them, “But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and likewise a bag. And the one who has no sword must...