A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.

Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of anxiety.

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

What we are in ourselves, and what we owe to others makes us a complete whole.

Help must come from the outside, and it has come and comes daily and answers in the Word of Jesus Christ.

Ultimate seriousness in not without a dose of humor.

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.