(Luke 19:1-10 ESV) Zacchaeus, the wee little man who climbed up in the sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see 🎵🎵🎵 (Click here) Such a familiar story. So familiar I nearly pass it by. Which feels wrong because when Jesus passes by Zacchaeus, He stops. So I stop. And enter the story. Up…

(John 20:30-31 ESV) Standing so close to the cross, John must have felt the chill of the Valley of the Shadow of Death. And wondered if, after this, he would ever feel like living again. PTSD, for sure. Until the resurrection. John was likely into old age when he penned his gospel. I picture him…

(Luke 15:11-32 ESV) Usually at the end of a story loose ends are wrapped up. Satisfied sigh.  Other times, a lingering question niggles away. As in the case of the Prodigal Son. To be clear, the Prodigal and his family are characters in a parable, not actual people. Theirs is just a story.  But why…