‘I thirst.’ (John 19:28) In Greek, this one-word cry of Jesus expresses something of the physical agony He suffered on the cross. Jesus was, we must remember, fully human; He is the Word made flesh (John 1:14) and as a human being, He suffered the physical pain and...

‘Woman, here is your son...’ ‘Here is your mother.’ (John 19:26-27) Death is never merely an abstraction, something to be studied philosophically or with academic interest only. Death touches each one of us at some point in our lives. Those we love and care for are...

As we prepare to celebrate Easter, we are forced to contemplate that the events of this Holy Week were all part of God's perfect plan, even though things seemed to be going so wrong for Jesus and His disciples. Col 1:19  reveals what God was doing through the betrayal...