Mary of bethany

April 2, 2012 is Monday of Holy Week. The reading is from Gospel of John 12:1-11 Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. They gave a …

Martha of Bethany wasn't that different from us. She loved and cared for others, and worried about them too. Enter her world through this fictional account.

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Serious, long, drawn-out conversations have been happening over here- both in my head and in my home. Sample topics on the table: Vacation, fear, jobs, anxiety, futures, travel, music, sewing, among other things... And of course there have been proper amounts of joking thrown in for good measure because I'm finding it's waaaay less messy…

Wayne Forte-- Annointing His Feet #2, 2008

I have sat in the empty tomb before. I think we all have in some way or another. We’ve approached where we think He is–where we think help is, or comfort is, or wisdom. And we come up e…

In John 12 Mary of Bethany interrupts the dinner party given in Jesus’ honor at Simon’s house to anoint his head and feet with pure nard. This perfumed resin cost a year’s wage. Mary broke the neck of the bottle containing the nard so that it could not be saved (Mark 14.3). The entire house was filled with the fragrance of it. In order to work the perfumed oil...