“Take heart; I have overcome the world”

On this Good Friday, I can find no better poem than one from Christina Rossetti: The Three Enemies THE FLESH “Sweet, thou art pale.” “More pale to see, Christ hung upon the cruel tree And bore His Father’s wrath for me.” “Sweet, thou art sad.” “Beneath a rod More heavy, Christ for my sake trod The … Continue reading →

What Is ‘Good’ in this Friday?

In Behold the King of Glory: A Narrative of the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, author Russ Ramsey writes, “The soldiers drove large nails through each of Jesus’s wrists into the crossbeam. With both hands nailed in place, they set his beam on the post in the ground and drove another nail through his gathered … Continue reading →