Faith
Marben Bland
A Word For The Graduate

This week my thoughts centered on graduation.  From preschool to postgraduate, I have always loved Graduation Ceremonies.  In some quarters, these events are called Commencement Exercises.  I think both names are appropriate because as Jesus said in Revelation 22:13, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." 

 

A Word For The Graduate
Marben Bland
And Still I Rise

As we finish this Holy Week, let us remember that Jesus died on the cross so that God’s temple of creation (humans) can rise. The Lord sees each of us as a temple – a temple that must rise! 

And Still I Rise
Marben Bland
Why Is Good Friday Such A Good Day?

How can Good Friday be such a good day when Jesus walked through the streets of Jerusalem with a cross on his back?

 

Why Is Good Friday Such A Good Day?
Marben Bland
Untied – Because the Lord needs you

As we go through this Holy Week, let us consider the donkey and the power created by untying the animal.

Untied – Because the Lord needs you
Faith
Marben Bland
Cut It Down!

We have been so careless and reckless with our environment that we have now reached a tipping point.  Therefore, we must act to save the planet, or to quote The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree, we will be “cut down!” 

Cut It Down!

I Thessalonians 5:18