Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I have a confession. While I love Easter and Holy Week and Lent (and it is really our best time of year, if we’re being honest) and we make our best church during this time, it is always so exhausting and I get anxious and start to dread the experience. I even …
Easter
A Word: A Resurrection Revelation
New Life and the Grace of GodEaster | John 20:1-18 Halleluiah! He is risen! We say it that way: he is risen. And many of us respond naturally, The Lord is risen indeed. Hallelujah! We’ve been trained. But the words, he is risen denote that Jesus is the object, the beneficiary of …
Crucifixion and Resurrection
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! For centuries, the church has followed a pattern of observance that allows us to experience the highs and lows of the events that lead to Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection: a period of time and practice we call Holy Week. And this pattern allows us to live into …
