Lent & Easter

A writing for Good Friday:  The Fragrance of the Cross There at Golgotha that day, the smell of death was everywhere,      until a whiff of sweet fragrance came from the cross. It was the fragrance of love,      as Jesus so extravagantly poured Himself out for the world      and for […]

Animals were present at Jesus’ birth,       and also during His last days on earth. In the Bible we get a peek       at some animals present during Holy Week. There was the donkey colt who led a parade. “The Lord has need of it,” Jesus had said. This animal never had been […]

My name is Petronius, the Centurion,      a battle-hardened soldier. Although for years I’ve watched men die horrible deaths,      and put many to death, I’ve never been able to forget that Friday at Golgotha,      or these words – “Father forgive them; for they know not what they do.” It was […]

I was there. I saw it all.      Yes, I am just a stone, and too large for women to move, but late Friday afternoon Joseph of Arimathea rolled me in front of the entrance to the tomb. There was quietness that night in this land of graves, but Saturday things changed! A soldier […]