Holy Week – Season of Passion “What is truth?” Pilate asks Jesus, and well he may, well might we ask the same in this day and age of relativity where everyone thinks they define their own truth. What is truth? Truth is relative in many ways. It is relative to the people and circumstances but […]
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Holy Week – Season of Passion Chances are we know the pain of betrayal, whether small betrayals, like friends ditching us in order to be with other friends or breaking promises, or larger betrayals, the betrayal of infidelity, or betrayal on the job by those who take credit for our ideas or work. Judas betrayed […]
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Death, it comes to all of us, yet how we resist it. We want to put off the inevitable as long as we can. Jesus in his dying, taught us so much about living. In all of his suffering, he didn’t forget to think of others, to comfort the women who were grieving. He made […]
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Holy Week – Season of Passion On Palm Sunday we read from one of the three synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark or Luke. John is reserved for Good Friday. Each of these is similar in so many ways, different in others. Taken as a whole they can give us different glimpses into those last hours of […]
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Holy Week – Season of Passion The sun is shining, children run about playing with palms given to them by their parents as we prepare to begin our service. It truly is a great day. A good way to start this holiest of weeks. A light breeze blows through threatening to blow away song sheets. […]
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HOLY WEEK – SEASON OF PASSION I’ve long had a love-hate relationship with Holy Week. The richness of the liturgies and readings, the drama, the opportunity to stop what we are doing, put ordinary life on hold, in order to reflect more fully on the great mysteries of our faith–I love this. The work of […]
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Lent – Preparing for Holy Week God’s word is a two edged sword. It cuts both ways and it cuts deep. It knows just how deep to go. Better than the most refined laser technology used in medical procedures, it seeks out the cancer, cuts and removes that which is diseased and leaves the rest. […]
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Lent – Preparing for Holy Week Jesus, before leaving this world, had one more lesson to impart to his disciples. He taught not just with words, but with actions. And so he washed their feet as a sign of service. How well he knew the hearts of people, how leaders often lorded it over those […]
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A while back, Peter DeHahn posted in his blog about his experience with NaNoWriMo and the advantages of writing a book in one month. I agree with what he wrote. I wrote the first three books of my Dancing Through Life series in three consecutive years for NaNoWriMo. It was great fun, focusing on this […]
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Lent – Preparing for Holy Week “They don’t like me,” her daughter insists. “Why do you say that?” “Because of the way they look at me.” She tries to explain to her children that every upset or angry look they see on someone’s face doesn’t always have to do with them. It could be any […]
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