Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! The early church naturally centered the liturgy of the year around the crucifixion and resurrection, with Easter being the first major feast of the church. After that, however, two other feasts grew quickly, but neither occurs during Holy Week. Pentecost and …
A Word: Praying Shapes Believing
The Life of FaithEaster 7A | John 17:1-11 One of the strange delights of the lectionary is spending half of the Easter season, not in the resurrection stories, but in John’s Farewell Discourse. At first glance, this seems really wrong. We aren’t just going back in time, but going back …
Ascension Day
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I try to have a playful relationship with the feast of the Ascension, which is one of the principal feasts of the church. Not irreverent, exactly, but joyful and honest. Because, of all the doctrinally significant aspects of the Jesus Event, this one is the …
