DID YOU KNOW The road to Emmaus begins with two disappointed disciples walking away from Jerusalem. They had placed their hope in Jesus, but the crucifixion appeared to have ended everything they believed. Then the risen Christ joined them on the road. They spoke to Jesus about Jesus without recognizing that Jesus was walking besideContinue reading “When Jesus Walks the Road Beside Us”
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When Scripture Sets the Heart Ablaze
A Day in the Life “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 I often find myself walking the Emmaus road without realizing it. Not literally, of course, but inwardly—moving through the day with conversations running in myContinue reading “When Scripture Sets the Heart Ablaze”
When Jesus Walks Beside Us Unrecognized
A Day in the Life of Jesus There are days when I read the Emmaus road account and realize how easily I could have been one of those two disciples. Luke tells us that “that very day”—the first Easter Sunday—two followers were walking away from Jerusalem, carrying confusion, disappointment, and grief in equal measure. TheyContinue reading “When Jesus Walks Beside Us Unrecognized”