In raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus revealed important lessons about God’s timing, the nature of death, and the centrality of community in the life of the believer. This Easter, Adam explores Lazarus’s story as an instructive signpost pointing to Jesus’s ultimate victory over sin and the grave.  

This Palm Sunday, Jordan takes us into Mark 11:1-10 to explore the “crowd” as a character in Jesus’ story. From shouts of “Hosanna!” to cries of “Crucify!” within days, Jordan reflects on how their shifting perceptions mirror our own struggles to understand what God is up to. Listen as we consider the “shout” of our lives and behold the Savior who sees us and loves us deeply.

Crucified between two criminals, scoffed at by soldiers and religious officials, mourned by close friends (women from Galilee) who witnessed his last breath--Jesus gave his life. In this Lenten audio meditation, we honor Jesus's death by entering the story of his last hours and allowing our hearts to lament, trusting that God will meet us in our lament.

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This Lent, join us as we bear witness to Jesus's Passion through the eyes of those who were there. Each week, we'll slow down with a story from the last days and hours in Jesus’s life, engaging our imaginations as tools to help us notice details and pay attention to where God wants to meet us in the text. 

The two men Crucified alongside Jesus responded to him very differently: one with close-hearted anger and cynicism, the other with humble, honest openness. What can we learn from their respective responses, and what can we learn from Jesus' responses to them that can help us navigate our own hardships in a broken world?

In this audio meditation, we step into the scene of Jesus's trial to consider Pilate's conundrum, observe how Jesus and Pilate hold power differently, and make ourselves available to where the Lord would meet us and encourage us in the details.

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This Lent, join us as we bear witness to Jesus's Passion through the eyes of those who were there. Each week, we'll slow down with a story from the last days and hours in Jesus’s life, engaging our imaginations as tools to help us notice details and pay attention to where God wants to meet us in the text. 

This week, Jordan continues our "Witnesses" series with a look at Jesus through the eyes of Pontius Pilate. Through his eyes, we can trace a progression - from seeing Jesus as an inconvenience to recognizing him as a man who was who he said he was. Pilate's internal struggles mirror some of our own internal conflicts, yet even in Pilate's failures (and our own), God's redemptive plan is still in motion. 

In this audio meditation, we see Jesus approached by Judas and a contingent of Roman soldiers. A dramatic scene unfolds in which Jesus reveals both his power and humility. What was surprising or instructive to the disciples in these moments? What is surprising or instructive to us?

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This Lent, join us as we bear witness to Jesus's Passion through the eyes of those who were there. Each week, we'll slow down with a story from the last days and hours in Jesus’s life, engaging our imaginations as tools to help us notice details and pay attention to where God wants to meet us in the text. 

What does Jesus give himself to in moments of crisis? This week, we visit the Garden of Gethsemane through the eyes of Peter, James, and John as they watch Jesus turn to people, place, and prayer in his time of great grief and distress. 

In this audio meditation, we meet Jesus and the disciples on the Mount of Olives and bear witness to the hours leading to his night-time arrest. What was it like for the disciples to watch Jesus pray in anguish, and what was it like for Jesus when his friends could no longer manage to stay awake to pray with him? How might God’s grace meet us in the details of this story with both conviction and encouragement?

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This Lent, join us as we bear witness to Jesus's Passion through the eyes of those who were there. Each week, we'll slow down with a story from the last days and hours in Jesus’s life, engaging our imaginations as tools to help us notice details and pay attention to where God wants to meet us in the text. 

What do we do with a mirror that reflects to us the truth of who we really are? Do we destroy the mirror? Avoid it? Or do we behold the mirror and all that it reveals? This week, Jordan focuses our attention on the ways Judas experienced Jesus to be such a mirror, and invites us to consider the ways that we might be tempted to respond to Jesus in the same ways that Judas did.