Category Archives: Communion Meditations

Obedience or Performance?

Posted on May 2, 2015 by jesustrek

Susan Maycinik once wrote the following essay for Discipleship Journal: “The line between obedience and performance can be a blurry one. Yet it is an important distinction to grasp, because obedience leads to life, and performance to death… Obedience is … Continue reading →

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Better Wake Up!

Posted on April 20, 2015 by jesustrek

Last week a baggage handler for Alaska Airlines fell asleep in the cargo hold of a jetliner that was about to take off. The plane had just departed when the worker woke up and started banging on the plane. The … Continue reading →

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Open Door

Posted on April 3, 2015 by jesustrek

My friend Janis tells a story about how her daughter used to have to prop open the door to her room so that the air would circulate. No matter what she tried to use for a doorstop, the door would … Continue reading →

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Trapped!

Posted on March 31, 2015 by jesustrek

I kept hearing strange noises in my office at church yesterday. At first I thought the source was coming from outside the building, but later I became convinced that some living creature had become trapped in the walls of the … Continue reading →

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He Should Have Listened!

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jesustrek

Pilate has gone down in history as one of the worst villains of all time. He could have avoided this dubious distinction if only he had listened. He should have listened to his wife. (Are you husbands paying attention?) “While … Continue reading →

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It Was Planned

Posted on March 26, 2015 by jesustrek

Occasionally a songwriter will say that the blood of Jesus was “spilled” at the cross. Some scholars cringe at that kind of wording because such lyrics may imply that what happened at Calvary was an accident. Nothing could be further from the truth! What … Continue reading →

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Preventative Surgery

Posted on March 25, 2015 by jesustrek

Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy a few years ago in a pre-emptive move to avoid breast cancer. Recently, she has undergone more preventative surgery, having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in hopes of reducing her risk of cancer. … Continue reading →

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Facing Judgment

Posted on March 24, 2015 by jesustrek

Former rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight has been charged with killing Terry Carter in early February. He is accused of running down Carter with his truck. Knight collapsed in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday after a judge ordered that … Continue reading →

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Sacrificial Love

Posted on March 12, 2015 by jesustrek

Clark and Betty Biddle, both 88, were walking in a shopping center parking lot on February 26, when a car began to back out of a parking space. Instinctively, Clark pushed his wife of 68 years out of the way … Continue reading →

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No Secrets

Posted on March 7, 2015 by jesustrek

Jim Warren draws a weekly cartoon for the Lexington Herald-Leader called “Loose Change”. One of his recent cartoons pictured 3 office workers delivering some news to their boss—“Hackers got into the computer system and tried to steal all our valuable … Continue reading →

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