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On the COVID-19 Emmaus Road ©

Moderators Note: A video version of this blog from Bishop Lowry is available at the end of this post.  Charles Wesley’s great resurrection hymn rings out: “Christ the Lord is ris'n today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your ...

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The Son’s Rising ©

Moderators Note: An Easter video message from Bishop Lowry is also available at the end of this blog post. After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb. 2 Look, there was a great...

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The Stones Cry ©

Please see Bishop Lowry's video message for Holy Week at the end of this blog post.  “As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the ...

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The Cross and Resurrection - Part IV ©

Bishop Lowry continues his latest teaching series titled The Cross and Resurrection. This episode is the fourth and final of the four session class designed to be used by individuals and/or small groups during the Lenten season (though the teachings ...

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The Cross and Resurrection - Part III ©

Bishop Lowry continues his latest teaching series titled The Cross and Resurrection. This episode is the third of the four session class designed to be used by individuals and/or small groups during the Lenten season (though the teachings are ...

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The Cross and Resurrection - Part II ©

Bishop Lowry continues his latest teaching series titled The Cross and Resurrection. This episode is the second of the four session class designed to be used by individuals and/or small groups during the Lenten season (though the teachings are ...

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The Cross and Resurrection - Part I ©

On Tuesday, Feb. 25, Bishop Lowry kicked off his latest teaching series titled The Cross and Resurrection. The video teaching is the first of a four session class designed to be used during by individuals and/or small groups during the Lenten ...

The Cross ©

It is sign and symbol. It towers over the religious landscape of our day even in a post-Christendom world. It remains both an offense and a glory. The cross of Christ looms before us on Good Friday. Before we arrive at Easter, we must first stop ...

The Entry ©

'How do you imagine the Savior enters the Holy City? Images abound. Some are famous and others merely prosaic. We have an artist's rendering hanging in our front hall at home. I like to stop at it periodically and ponder. The Lord's entry into the ...

The Journey to Jerusalem ©

If Lent is anything, it is a journey with Jesus to Jerusalem - to the cross and beyond. If Lent is anything, it is a journey of faith. Recently, I have been reading Matthew Bates probing book on New Testament theology Salvation by Allegiance Alone: ...

More than a Metaphorical Aside: The Good News We Dare Proclaim! ©

“They went to the tomb” (Matthew 28:1). How simply the Easter story opens in Matthew’s gospel. A tomb-ward journey is one we have all taken all too often. I can remember full well such a journey in my life as a pastor in Austin, Texas. He was young; ...

Approaching Jerusalem ©

A couple of years ago Jolynn and I had the privilege of traveling with a group from the Central Texas Conference to the Holy Land. After a period in the northern region around Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee, we traveled down the Jordan River valley ...