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Mark D. Roberts

Feb. 3 1200 block of S. Main Street, 12:30 a.m., Police pulled over a vehicle for driving recklessly. The driver said that he thought the vehicle in front of him was a bunch of kids so he was acting dumb. [MDR: I’m a little worried if the driver actually thought the vehicle in front of…

Eastertide? I hadn’t heard this word until I was well into my thirties. At that time I was the Senior Pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church. My Director of Worship was a big believer in celebrating, not just Easter Sunday, but Eastertide . . . the fifty day season that begins with Easter and ends at…

  Reflection Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! Christians confess that Christ is risen, not only in the hearts of the faithful, and not merely as some nice religious image, but truly and physically. On Easter morning the tomb of Jesus was empty. The power of death was broken, both for him and for…

Permalink to this post / Permalink to this series Copyright © Linda Roberts, 2007. For permission to use this picture, please contact Mark D. Roberts. Reflection Two of the last seven “words” of Jesus were quotations from the Psalms. Earlier Jesus had Psalm 22, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” to express…

Permalink to this post / Permalink to this series   Statue from The Stations of the Cross, Serra Retreat Center, Malibu, California Reflection I never saw a more difficult film to watch than Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. For most of that movie I wanted to avert my eyes. It was horrible to…

Permalink to this post / Permalink to this series   Painting from a church in Taormina, Sicily Reflection No doubt Jesus experienced extreme thirst while being crucified. He would have lost a substantial quantity of bodily fluid, both blood and sweat, through what he had endured even prior to crucifixion. Thus his statement, “I am…

Permalink to this post / Permalink to this series   So-called “God’s Tear” from The Passion of the Christ. Reflection As Jesus was dying on the cross, he echoed the beginning of Psalm 22, which reads: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for…

Permalink to this post / Permalink to this series Copyright © Linda Roberts, 2007. For permission to use this picture, please contact Mark D. Roberts. Reflection As Jesus was dying, his mother was among those who had remained with him. Most of the male disciples had fled, with the exception of one whom the Fourth…

Permalink to this post / Permalink to this series Copyright © Linda Roberts, 2007. For permission to use this picture, please contact Mark D. Roberts. Reflection As Jesus hung on the cross, he was mocked by the leaders and the soldiers. One of the criminals being crucified with him added his own measure of scorn.…

Permalink to this post / Permalink to this series Copyright © Linda Roberts, 2007. For permission to use this picture, please contact Mark D. Roberts. Reflection It makes sense that the first word of Jesus from the cross is a word of forgiveness. That’s the point of the cross, after all. Jesus is dying so…
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