Bad news travels fast, as they say. When people have some gossip to tell, they often do. According to https://englishpluspodcast.com/bad-news-travels-fast-understanding-the-proverb/ There are a few reasons behind the speed of bad news:>Evolutionary Bias: Humans developed a negativity bias as a survival mechanism. Being alert to dangers and threats would have been more advantageous for our ancestors […]
One can only imagine the grief of these two disciples. They’d seen enough even if they hadn’t been two from among the Twelve. They’d heard enough to question everything they’d believed. Cut to the heart. Emotionally immobilized. “Their faces downcast.” (Luke 24:17) They were kept from recognizing the very One who was able to turn […]
Jesus comes upon the two men who are walking on the Road to Emmaus and asked them, “‘What are you discussing together as you walk along?’ They stood still, their faces downcast.” (Luke 24:17) Stop the presses! they must have thought. Someone is completely out of touch! Bad news travels fast, but this guy must […]
Luke 24:14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing Him. Back in 1995, Joan Osborne released (If God was) “One of Us” and prompted […]
Lent Devotionals will resume tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to reflect, refresh, and worship Him. “Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge Him. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3)
Jesus overheard what the two men were discussing as they walked. Before we get the idea that the two men were shouting or Jesus was a divine eavesdropper, consider that the Risen Jesus is Immanuel and always “God with us.” God is omnipresent. Even on the Road to Emmaus. “As they talked and discussed these […]
Processing difficult things often requires talking things through. What do you do when you don’t understand something? For many of us, the first thing we do is “Google It” on whatever search engine is your favorite. Sometimes, we’ll ask people who are experts, seek advice from friends who’ve been on this path before us, or […]
That same day (Resurrection Sunday), we’re told that these two men (identified as “two of them” … that is, disciples) were walking home. It’d been a busy day full of mysterious and odd occurrences, the kind you won’t easily forget. Even in the midst of their sadness, they seemed to know it was the kind […]
“Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.” (Luke. 24:13) We don’t know when these two men went up to Jerusalem for the Passover or the length of their stay. We only know they’d been there. We don’t know what their expectations were when […]
Wildfires roaring in LA. Flood water devastation still afflicting those in North Carolina. Hurricane damage persists from Milton in Florida. And that’s just the continental United States in the past few months! People have lost everything. “It tests your soul, losing everything at once, I must say.”–James Woods. I suppose it doesn’t make it any […]
