by Clint Watkins | Feb 6, 2021 | Reflections
Today we can still hear the lingering Easter anthem of countless songs, posts, and sermons: “O, death, where is your sting?” This past weekend, Christians all over the world declared this verse as they celebrated Jesus’ decisive triumph over the grave. We tend to...
by Clint Watkins | Feb 6, 2021 | Reflections
2,000 years ago today, Jesus’ mother was grieving the loss of her son. Hear the words of my wife, one acquainted with a similar grief, as she reflects on our tendency to rush past this part of Easter: “It seems that we prefer to skip Saturday during the holy weekend....
by Clint Watkins | Apr 5, 2020 | Reflections
I wept with aching joy last year when I received mini boxing gloves from one of Eli’s uncles. “Little” and “Warrior” are embroidered on each hand, the nickname we gave our son because he regularly had his fists raised during ultrasounds. He did it so...
by Clint Watkins | Apr 5, 2020 | Reflections
“A church that goes on singing happy songs in the face of raw reality is doing something very different from what the Bible itself does.” – Walter Bruegemann Right now, in the midst of this global pandemic, the weight of isolation is increasing. The case count...
by Clint Watkins | Apr 5, 2020 | Reflections
James 1:2 is one of several verses that circulates in the face of suffering, one that’s getting more airtime now as we respond to this pandemic. “Count it all joy, brothers, when you face trials of various kinds.” But we can easily misinterpret James’ words as a...
