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After Luke 2:41-52   His parents stare, almost in shock. Their 12-year-old son, their young son, this boy, is teaching the teachers, astonis...

After Luke 2:41-52   The boy they’d lost, the boy they feared was dead, is found, and found in the most unlikely of places, the temple of Go...

After Luke 2:41-52   The travel group is large, men and women, old and young, children and the elderly, parents and grandparents, many relat...

Luke 19:28-40   He comes to Jerusalem carrying victory, not by military power or brute force, but with a power not of this world. He’s seate...

After Mark 11:1-11   A new king rides into the city on the colt ridden by the previous king, to signify  the transfer of power. Choosing an ...

Massacre at St. Louis: The Road to the Camp Jackson Affair and Civil War  by Kenneth Burchett   - review at Civil War Books and Authors.  Wh...

After Psalm 122   The peace of Jerusalem is a thing to be sought, a thing to be prayed for, a thing offering safety to those who love the ci...

After Psalm 122   Odd to think of a city with a dual nature,  as if you were telling two tales of one city. It was first bound together, thi...

After Luke 24:50-53 and Acts 1:1-11 They’re looking up, expecting to see something other than disappearing  cloud, somethin...

After Luke 24:50-53 and Acts 1:1-11 From the olive mount they walk back to the city, the city of endings and beginnings, his ...

After Isaiah 29 I sing a song to Ariel, the city of God, the city set upon a hill, a song of mourning and lament, the Ariel...