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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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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Lent – Preparing for Holy Week How did Mary of Bethany know? What prompted her to pour out rich perfume on Jesus’ feet? God’s spirit was strong in Mary, prompting her to act. She was guided by this spirit. Did she know that the man she loved was soon to die? Or was it just […]
Read More Lent – Preparing for Holy Week God never gives us more than we can handle, it has been said and it is true. There is nothing that this world can throw at us, that with God’s help, we can’t handle. God’s spirit is not a cowardly spirit. God places his spirit in each of us, […]
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Lent – Season of Change Fertile ground, lying fallow through the winter, waiting to be torn apart, ripped open by the plow. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting for the seed of new life. Ready . . . and waiting. So I wait for you, my God. I await your transforming presence. Let us know, let us strive […]
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Lent – Season of Change Home is the place where when you go there they have to take you in. She remembered this as she sat in the back of the church during the Reconciliation Service. It had been so many years since she had last been to church, yet it was still so familiar. […]
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Lent – Season of Change The neutral zone offers sanctuary where no fighting is allowed. People may pass safely and freely within its borders before returning to dangerous, conflict-ridden territory. The neutral zone–a respite from war, from tension, from hostility. I’m on overload from all the changes in my life. I need to disengage. I […]
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