Monthly Archives: April 2019

Today’s find: Unmistakable

Posted on April 27, 2019 by John Schroeder

On this, the sixth day of Easter, the Risen Lord turns up in unexpected places.

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Today’s find: Rolling Stones

Posted on April 20, 2019 by John Schroeder

In recent weeks, I encountered a couple of ancient Rolling Stones – more venerable even than Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

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Today’s find: Edicule

Posted on April 19, 2019 by John Schroeder

What did we go there to see?

The thought occurred to me more than once as we explored the dark, intimidating vastness of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

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Today’s find: Gethsemane

Posted on April 18, 2019 by John Schroeder

I got my hopes up when our pilgrimage leader said we’d have the Garden of Gethsemane pretty much to ourselves.

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Today’s find: Companions

Posted on April 16, 2019 by John Schroeder

We are not always blessed by the company we keep.

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Today’s find: Via Dolorosa

Posted on April 13, 2019 by John Schroeder

Luke includes an intriguing footnote to his version of the Passion story: “All his acquaintances stood at distance,” the evangelist says (Luke 23:49). And no doubt, this is part of the reason I’ve always tended to think of Jesus’ final journey as a LONELY one.

What a shock, then, to experience early last month the hustle-and-bustle of praying the Stations along the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Today’s find: Detour

Posted on April 7, 2019 by John Schroeder

My weekend hasn’t turned out exactly the way I planned.

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