by nuc | Apr 19, 2025 | News
There’s something hauntingly quiet about Holy Saturday. The crowds are gone. The cross stands empty. The tomb is closed. And we’re left here in the in-between. Holy Saturday doesn’t get much attention. It’s the space between sorrow and celebration, between the grief...
by nuc | Apr 16, 2025 | News
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.”-Luke 24:5 It’s early morning. The women come to the tomb with spices, hearts heavy with grief, prepared to tend to death. But what they find shakes the ground of their expectations: the...
by nuc | Apr 9, 2025 | News
Luke 19:29–44 There’s something deeply jarring about this passage. Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey—an echo of Zechariah’s prophecy, a signal of peace. The crowd erupts with joy, laying their cloaks on the road, shouting blessings, praising God for the miracles...
by nuc | Apr 2, 2025 | News
There are moments when we long to cry out—to be seen, to be heard, to be known. But something stops us. In Luke 18, a blind man sits by the roadside, calling out to Jesus. “Son of David, have mercy on me!” The crowd tells him to be quiet, to stop making a scene. But...
by nuc | Mar 26, 2025 | News
Luke 16:19-31 tells the parable of the rich man and Lazarus—a striking contrast between abundance and suffering, privilege and neglect. The rich man feasts lavishly every day while Lazarus, covered in sores, lies at his gate, longing for scraps. But despite their...
by nuc | Mar 19, 2025 | News
This week’s focus scripture, Luke 15:1-32, brings us one of the most well-known and deeply moving stories in the Bible: the parable of the Prodigal Son. It’s a story that speaks to the heart of God’s grace, but it’s also a story that reveals how difficult grace can be...
