Debbienho !

Oh, you should check out Jonathan if you have a minute. He’s a great writer. * So, in the spirit of the season, we re-watched The Passion, and a few things stood out for me. Normally when I watch movies about the death of Jesus, I only notice the suffering (and try not to pay too much attention to it, lest I turn on the water works), but this time I paid attention to some of those involved in the journey between Gethsemane and Golgotha. I’ll talk about three of them. 1 Malchus ‘And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.’ – Luke 22:50-51. Malchus was part of the crowd that went to grab Jesus. John’s gospel is the only one that mentions his name (18:10). It shouldn’t be so noteworthy that Jesus heals him, right? Throughout the gospels there are countless stories of Jesus healing people. Except, consider the circumstance. Malchus was part