by nuc | Mar 16, 2026 | News
John 19:1-16a There is violence all through this passage. Jesus is flogged. Mocked. Dressed in a purple robe and crowned with thorns. Struck. Displayed. The cruelty is not only physical. It is public. Humiliating. Performative. Power flexing its muscles. Fear...
by nuc | Mar 11, 2026 | News
John 18:28–40 The courtyard is tense. Jesus has been arrested in the night and brought before the Roman governor. Pilate stands between two worlds: the religious leaders demanding judgment and the quiet, bound figure standing before him. Pilate asks Jesus a series of...
by nuc | Mar 9, 2026 | News
John 18:28-40 Standing before Pilate, Jesus looks powerless. He is a prisoner. Accused. Surrounded by political maneuvering and religious tension. Pilate holds the authority. He represents the power of the empire, the ability to judge, to release, to condemn. At...
by nuc | Feb 25, 2026 | News
John 13:1-17 It’s one of the most intimate scenes in the Gospel of John. Jesus kneels. The one who “knew that the Father had given all things into his hands” wraps a towel around his waist and begins washing his disciples’ feet. Dusty feet. Tired feet. Ordinary, human...
by nuc | Feb 23, 2026 | News
John 13:1–17 “He loved them to the end.” Before the cross. Before the garden. Before betrayal and denial. Jesus kneels. The One who holds all authority removes his outer robe, wraps a towel around his waist, and takes the lowest place in the room. No announcement. No...
by nuc | Feb 18, 2026 | News
John 11:1–44 Lent begins in a graveyard. In John 11, Lazarus has been dead four days. The grief is real. The loss is heavy. Martha names her disappointment. Mary weeps. Jesus himself weeps. There is no rush past sorrow in this story. And then, in a voice that echoes...
