Category: It occurs to me

It occurs to me

Merry Christmas 2024

Geography prevents us having a family picture as most do. But last Christmas we were all together at our house, and we’re using this pic […]

This text message out of the blue from my good friend Jerry appeared in my inbox. It got me to thinkin.’ Back in the day, […]

Matthew Henry for your day… “Note, Every one should contribute the utmost he can in his place towards the cleansing of the land from the […]

The other day, my 17th-century English friend Matthew Henry made one of those comments that just kind of grows on you, or it does on […]

John Chapter 20. It’s early Sunday morning. Mary Magdalene and some of her friends wanted to finish the job of anointing Jesus’ body with spices […]

John 19:38–It’s late Friday evening. Jesus is dead but still hanging on the cross. Evening is approaching and it is very important to the Jewish […]

John 19:28 Jesus has been on the cross all day. He is tired and dehydrated but His journey is coming to an end. When He […]

John 19:16. After a bogus, middle of the night “trial” Jesus is sentenced to death and sent to Calvary where he is nailed to a […]

Recently a Scottish friend emailed me his description of a storm on ‘Bervie beach. In the seventies, for a few years, my family and I […]

John 18:25. Jesus has been tied up, beaten & disrespected. It’s getting ugly as Peter and John are watching from a distance. They were not […]