Author: Sydney Hess

Why didn’t Christ raise immediately after He died? Why did He have to lay three days in a tomb before He rose again? God’s plan for us often involves some time waiting. The first church waited without expectation. No one knew what was going to happen. The disciples were hiding…

This Wednesday night we will be examining the scripture where Jesus surrenders His spirit to God in John 19:30. Jesus had finished the task that God gave Him to do, now He was ready to surrender to God everything that only the Father could do. Resurrection was just around the…

Life has surprises for us that require us to adjust. Even pleasant surprises may call upon us to make changes that inconvenience us. It must have been the joy of lifetime for the Israelites to see the promise land for the first time. But this site was also the fear…

Ash Wednesday is a unique time where we contemplate our mortality while without fear. Most of the time when we think of our lives ending, we sense the anxiety of illness and pain. But in Ash Wednesday, we contemplate God’s grace that aids us when this mortal life fails us.…