The Lamb of God

In the musical presentation, “Lamb of God*,” at the very darkest moment of the last week of Jesus Christ’s life-the death of Jesus on the cross, his mother, Mary, sings: He who healed our sorrows, here was bruised and broken. He whose love no end knows, here was forsaken, left all alone. Here despair cries …

Here is Hope

Just before the last week of His mortal life, Jesus was sent word that His friend, Lazarus, was desperately sick. Jesus, knowing what was to come, delayed His return to Judea, and Lazarus died before He came. When Jesus came to the home of Lazarus, his sisters were grief stricken and both said essentially the …

On the Way to Nain

In Luke chapter 7, there is a brief account of a miracle Jesus performed. Luke is the only writer of the gospels who mentions it, and the story is given only a brief few verses of text: “And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many …