Be Quiet - Listen for Teaching Moments - Luke 5

The story of the great miraculous catch of fish has special meaning to me. When I first started rehearsing for “The Rock & The Rabbi” I was told the story of how that show came about. The short version is: Gary Richardson was sitting in a restaurant talking with some of his friends when one [...]

His Time Had Finally Come - Luke 4

Chapter 4 of the gospel of Luke contains many famous passages: the temptation of Christ in the wilderness, the casting out of the demon in the man from Capernaum and the healing of Simon/Peter’s mother-in-law (which is one of my favorite scenes from the musical, “The Rock & The Rabbi”).
As I read through the chapter, [...]

A Voice in the Wilderness - Luke 3

As I read chapter 3 of the gospel of Luke today, I was particularly impressed with the “sample” of John the baptist’s preaching that Luke gave us:
7 Here is a sample of John’s preaching to the crowds that came for baptism: “You brood of snakes! Who warned you to flee God’s coming judgment? 8 Prove by the [...]

My Kind of King - Luke 2

Oh, how I wish I could have been alive when all this was happening! Can you imagine being on earth during the birth of Jesus?
I love Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth. This time I had a wider perspective as I read about others in the story that were fortunate enough to have seen or heard [...]

Two Miracle Births Announced - Luke 1

Many people think of the book of Luke when they think of the story of Jesus’ birth. Often chapter one gets looked over in attempt to jump right into “and it came about in those days that a census should be taken…”
I noticed a few interesting things as I cruised through Luke chapter one this [...]

It’s Really NOT About Me! - Luke 24

Do you ever get the feeling that we have much less to do with this whole Christianity thing than we think? There are several places in this chapter that support this feeling:
When Jesus joined the two followers walking to Emmaus, they didn’t even recognize Him:
16 But they didn’t know who he was, because God kept [...]

Jesus Changes Everything - Luke 23

I’ve read through this many times. I’ve performed this scene in “The Rock & The Rabbi” hundreds of times. I’ve heard many sermons in my 40+ years on this earth. I finally got up the courage to watch “The Passion” a few months ago.
The entire spectrum of emotion goes through my mind each time. But, [...]