Author Archives: Rob Woodrum

This Sunday we’ll be reading about the crucifixion of Jesus in our study of Luke. We’ll be covering ch 23:32-49. What emotions do you feel as you read over this passage? The Gospel accounts are meant to instruct us, but they are also intended to engage us on every level. Some truth has to beContinue reading “The Unthinkable Throne”

This Sunday is our annual Water Day (formerly called The Great Big Water Balloon Fight of 2022) – so wear beachy kinds of clothing that you don’t mind getting wet and a towel! We’ll be serving hamburgers and hot-dogs (courtesy of Pineapple Willy’s). The text we’ll be studying together is Luke 23:26-31 as we continueContinue reading “The Way of the Cross”

Product sample lady at the store: “Try these kale chips! They’re the perfect substitute for potato chips!” Me: “You’ve never eaten potato chips have you?” I’m not always a big fan of substitutes – when I was a kid my mom was fully immersed in the fledgling hippie organic health food world. For a whileContinue reading “The Substitute”

Have you ever noticed how “noisy” it is?  Not honking cars or screaming ambulances, but opinion served up as fact.  Fact that is rarely precise and often delivered with a self serving side of deceit.  Amplified by 24 hour news broadcasts, and social media platforms, the resulting volume is deafening.  The effect often times drivesContinue reading “Silence of the Lamb”

This Sunday as we continue through the book of Luke we’ll be reading ch 22:54-71. Things have taken a dangerous turn in the narrative. Jesus is arrested, beaten, mocked and subjected to an unjust trial. Yet before we get to that, we read an account of Peter who followed Jesus at a distance after hisContinue reading “Trying Times and Closed Minds”

I believe that human beings have an innate sense of justice. Nothing can feel more frustrating than when it seems like wrong behavior prevails over what is right. What do we do in those instances, when our sense of integrity is violated and we feel powerless to stop it? That’s something we’ll be considering inContinue reading “The Crisis of Evil”

This Sunday we’ll be continuing our study in the Gospel of Luke, reading ch 22:39-46. This is the famous account of Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. The passage is bracketed by a repeated command/warning to His disciples. what do you think Jesus means about falling into temptation? How do you think prayer canContinue reading “Prayer Under Pressure”

We were driving along and I half heard her say “Let’s get pizza tonight!” “That sounds so good! From where?” I replied enthusiastically. “What? From where we’re going now.” she said slightly annoyed. “What do you mean? We’re going there now or from where we’re going we’ll go there?” I questioned. “What are you talkingContinue reading “Our Relationship with Jesus”

This Sunday we are going to continue in the Gospel of Luke and pick up where we left off in Chapter 22. The verses we’ll cover (vs 7-22) begin the story of the (famous) last supper. In this section, we find Jesus proclaiming that this (the bread) is his body broken for them, and thisContinue reading “The Way of the Bread and Cup”

We’re all familiar with bad religion…not the punk band from the 80’s, but the expression of piety that is neither holy nor helpful, but often downright harmful. I don’t know the percentages, but the gospels deal with bad religion a lot. I mean, it was bad religion that got Jesus crucified One of the regularContinue reading “Bad Religion”