“The table is set. The people of Israel welcome Jesus as king while his disciples anticipate his crowning. But—instead of confronting Rome—he turns the tables on his own religious festival. Their power threatened, the country’s religious and political leaders will go to any length to ensure this Passover meal is
Today’s Reading: Read Matthew 20; Mark 10:32-52; Luke 18:31-19:27 Play a game where you give your family an opportunity to call out the opposite of something. For instance, if you yell out “ON”, someone will yell out “OFF.” Spend a few minutes brainstorming as many opposites as you can. (Here
SPOILER ALERT: SPOILERS AHEAD The sequel to the Pixar film Inside Out (2015) will be released later this year. I rewatched the original in anticipation of the new release. Almost a decade on, the movie holds up well. What I appreciated to a greater degree, however, was the way in
Noah was different. His world was different. According to the figures provided by Genesis 5, at the time when Noah’s father Lamech was born, his great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was still alive, at 874 years of age—Adam. Seth, too, was alive. And so were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, all of