EASTER! Day One

April 8, 2012 By

Christ is risen!Christ is risen, indeed! A Prayer for Easter Sunday Morning As we whoop and holler and celebrate the end of our journey together in Lent 2012, we will greet this magnificent … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: Climbing to Calvary – Day FORTY – HOLY SATURDAY

April 7, 2012 By

Romans 8:1-11, The MessageWith the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ's being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: Climbing to the Cross – Day THIRTY-NINE – GOOD FRIDAY

April 6, 2012 By

Psalm 22, Today's New International VersionFor the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?    Why are you so far from … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: Climbing to Calvary – Day THIRTY-EIGHT – MAUNDY THURSDAY

April 5, 2012 By

Mark 14:12-25, New Living TranslationOn the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go to prepare … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: Climbing to the Cross – Day THIRTY-SEVEN

April 4, 2012 By

Psalm 55, Common English Bible   For the music leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David.God, listen to my prayer;    don’t avoid my request! Pay attention! Answer me!    I can’t sit still … Read more...

Reflections on Mortality and Holy Week

April 3, 2012 By

 It only lasts a minute, maybe two.That sense of stepping off a cliff -when a lump rises in your throat,and immediately catapults into your stomach. Or maybe it's more like being blind-sided by a … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: Climbing to the Cross – Day THIRTY-SIX

April 3, 2012 By

 Cathedral in Haarlem, The NetherlandsPerhaps reminiscent of the Temple? Perhaps not...Mark 11:27-33, The Message   Then when they were back in Jerusalem once again, as they were walking through the … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: Climbing to Calvary – Day THIRTY-FIVE

April 2, 2012 By

2 Corinthians 1:1-7, New Living Translation   Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,    To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people … Read more...

A Lenten Journey: Climbing to Calvary – PALM / SIXTH Sunday

April 1, 2012 By

John 12:12-16, New Living TranslationThe next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors took palm branches and went down the road … Read more...

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