Editors note: I am publishing this blog post a second time since it appears to have gotten lost in the midst of several other posts last week. It is worth reading and reading again. Exactly a week ago today, I left town to be with my 89 year-old dad. He was having partial knee surgery. […]
Resurrection Sunday, Reflections for Lent
John 20:1-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Resurrection of Jesus 20Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom […]
Holy Saturday, Reflections for Lent Series
Matthew 27:57-66 The Voice 57At evening time, a rich man from Arimathea arrived. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate and asked to be given Jesus body; Pilate assented and ordered his servants to turn Jesus body over to Joseph. 59So Joseph took the body, wrapped Jesus […]
Good Friday, Reflections for Lent Series
Read Today’s Scripture: John 18:1 – 19:42 Today, we finally arrive at our destination. This is a day that flipped the world upside down. To put this day in perspective, every person who has ever lived has had their lives irrevocably affected by this climactic moment in history, whether they are aware of this or […]
Beautiful Sorrow
Sorrow, when it enters our day, often comes without warning. Uncomfortable and painful, it can be attached to regret, betrayal, or grief. Can it, at the same time, be beautiful? The Examen prayer is a meditation practiced by the ancient Stoics and then later popularized by Saint Ignatius and the Jesuits. Within the presence of […]
Maundy Thursday, Reflections for Lent Series
John 13:1-17, 31-35 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet 13Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2During supper, when the devil […]
Wednesday in Holy Week, Reflections for Lent
Matthew 26:14-25 English Standard Version (ESV) Judas to Betray Jesus 14Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15and said, What will you give me if I deliver him over to you? And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16And from that moment he sought an opportunity to […]
