Posts with the tag “asleep”

Dead Asleep When we use the phrase "dead asleep" describing a deep slumber, we conjure the similarities between sleep and death - whether we realize it or not.  Poets and painters through the centurie...  Read More

Agony in the Garden In reading over the passage for this week's sermon (Mark 14: 32-50), I was struck by how many details I often overlook because I am "familiar" with the story.  Knowing the story of...  Read More

Asleep Continuing in the book of Mark this week, the sermon on April 7 will focus on Mark 14:32-50 (NAS below).  In these verses, Jesus prayers in Gethsemane while his closest friends drift off to sle...  Read More