Wolf Creek Christian Writers Network

“Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him.’ So Peter went out with the other disciple and they ran to the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the…

Howdy, y’all. In Luke 10:38-42 we have been learning about two sisters who lived in the village of Bethany, just a stone’s throw from Jerusalem. Jesus and his disciples were walking to that village in the miserable heat and humidity of the day. And, I asked you to join me in walking with them. Martha had invited Jesus, his disciples and us into her house for a well-deserved respite. Martha, trained since childhood to provide strict hospitality, was busying herself with food preparation, refreshm…

My words are true. Almost unbelievable, but true. My question to the reader is, why have things changed so dramatically from my growing-up years to now? My memories from the 1950s seem light years removed from the life experienced by children and teenagers today. Times have changed — drastically. I spent the decade of the 1950s growing up in north Seattle. I attended Oak Leaf Elementary School, located on Aurora Avenue, the only road that went all the way into the city from the north. Freeways c…