tears – Matthew Erickson

July 31, 2025July 30, 2025

When Jesus Wept: Seeing God in the Tears of Jesus

Photo by Burak Bau015fgu00f6ze on Pexels.com One of the most striking things in the Bible is the few moments recorded in Scripture when Jesus weeps. Each time, Jesus weeps for different reasons, bringing us a different angle on the heart of God. Jesus Weeps at Lazarus’ Tomb (John 11:1-43) We may be familiar with the …

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July 1, 2021June 30, 2021

Grief: a poetic reflection

falling fast in a dark shaftwith no handholds or bottom below cast out on rough seas alonestruggling to stay above the waves walking ghostly among the corporeal worldor like the only fleshly body in a landscape of phantoms nauseous stomach like something within needs to be expelledyet empty inside with a sucking black hole fixed …

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