Bethany

Community Theater: God (in Three Acts) Sends Us Forth   Matthew 28: 16-20 Holy Trinity Sunday Analysis by Mark A. Marius   16Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17When they…

COMPANIONS IN THE DARKNESS   Psalm 22 Good Friday Analysis by Fred Niedner 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? 2 O my…

Purchased   1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Maundy Thursday Analysis by Nathan C. Hall   23For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf…

Pride Becomes Blindness, Blindness Becomes Servanthood John 9:1-41 Fourth Sunday in Lent Analysis by James Squire 1As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that…

Home is where God CALLS You Genesis 12:1-4a Second Sunday in Lent Analysis by Mark A Marius 1The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show…

Ooh, That Looks Tempting! Matthew 4:1-11 First Sunday in Lent Analysis by Timothy Hoyer 1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he…

Co-missioners, This week’s offering comes from our editor. Peace and Joy, The Crossings Community __________________________________________________________________ “Kill Me, Jesus!” Notes on a Hymn and the Woman who Wrote It by  Jerome Burce I met Elisabeth Cruciger last week. I want you…

Co-missioners, We have two items for you this week. The first, by Matt Metevelis, is a year-and-a-half old. We found it on his Facebook page at the end of July in 2021. Our thanks for his permission to share it…