John 15:12-17 is a well-known gospel. “It is my commandment,” Jesus says in it to his disciples, “that you love one another as I have loved you.” And he says, “You are my friends if you do what I command you.” And he says, “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does …
Apr 17 2015
On peace with us.
Biblical Commentary, State of the World, The Big Picture: theological, cosmological, and mystical
by River Adams
April 17, 2015
We are uncertain. Much of the time we are afraid. We endure pain and grieve, mourning for lives unlived. We huddle in rooms that feel safe with our loved ones, and there we thread through our fingers the most precious of our memories and the most fragile of questions. Sometimes we are desperate, sometimes hopeful. …
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Tags: afraid, conversion, disciples, Easter, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, name, peace, risen Lord
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