Flannery O’Connor wrote Revelation as she lay in a hospital bed dying from complications of lupus. Most of the story takes place in a doctor’s crowded waiting room where the central character (Mrs. Turpin) is there with her husband for his doctor’s appointment. As she chats with another lady who is there with her college-aged daughter, theContinue reading “Who Do You Think You Are (Revelation)”
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Recalled to Life
In A Tale of Two Cities, Jarvis Lorry works for Tellson’s Bank and is traveling by carriage from London to Dover. A messenger overtakes the carriage and delivers a note telling him he is to stay in Dover to meet with a client. The client is Lucie Manette, who has been the ward of the bank almostContinue reading “Recalled to Life”
The Resurrection and “Surprised by Hope”
Surprised by Hope (N. T. Wright), was published in 2008. I came across it about a year later and was so impacted by it that I immediately put together a series of messages on the resurrection and the profound truths that flow from it. It wasn’t that I didn’t have some understanding of these things prior toContinue reading “The Resurrection and “Surprised by Hope””
Diving for Pearls
The Pearl Diver (Jeff Talarigo), is the fictional account of a nineteen year old woman who lives at home with her family and dives for pearls off one of the islands on Japan in the years immediately following WWII. One day she notices a dull red spot on her arm and later finds another on her back. She hasContinue reading “Diving for Pearls”
A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green 