by Maggie Bruehl | Jul 6, 2024 | Cancer
My heart froze with the phone still in my hand. The text was from a dear friend of mine, a presenter at my first writer’s conference. A mentor of my poetry, he endorsed my second book. Now, he texts that he’s been diagnosed with bone and blood cancer. He’s just at the...
by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 28, 2024 | Inspirational
Pilate still can’t choose which way to go. And the silence isn’t helping. So he breaks the silence with intimidation: “So Pilate *said to Him, ‘You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?’”...
by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 26, 2024 | Inspirational
“Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?” “And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, “I find no guilt in Him.’” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, “I find no guilt in Him.’” (John 17:38)...
by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 25, 2024 | Inspirational
John 17:38 tells us, “Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Dodging the issue of the “spiritual realm” altogether, Pilate doesn’t want to get too close to his own heart. Like many of us, he’s just not going there. Instead, he wants to clarify what...
by Maggie Bruehl | Mar 24, 2024 | Inspirational
“I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?” Obviously, Pilate didn’t like Jesus’ answer. It was getting below the surface, maybe a little too personal? So, Pilate answered quickly and defensively, declaring...
