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Lent/Easter

April 11, 2020

Easter during a Pandemic

(I wrote this for Easter 2020, but it's still applicable in Easter 2021. Published in The Christian Century.) Yesterday was Good Friday. Instead of working on a sermon or reading scripture to follow Jesus along the Via Dolorosa, I spent hours on the phone with my elderly mother, trying to help … [Read more...] about Easter during a Pandemic

Grief & Grieving,  Lent/Easter coronavirus,  Covid-19,  Easter,  Good Friday,  Holy Saturday,  stillbirth,  Triduum

May 4, 2017

Blood is Thicker Than Water, a sermon for Good Friday, John 19:16-30

This is a guest post by my sister, the Rev. Susan Joy Huizenga. She preached this sermon on Good Friday (4/14/17) at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center; Saginaw, MI. Some of you know Susan from an earlier?post about being a living kidney donor. One day when I was about twelve years old, my sister … [Read more...] about Blood is Thicker Than Water, a sermon for Good Friday, John 19:16-30

Lectionary Study,  Lent/Easter,  My Sister's Kidney Donation a sermon for Good Friday,  a sermon reflecting on a living kidney donation,  Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center,  John 19:16-30,  Susan J. Huizenga,  what are blood ties?

April 17, 2014

Holy Thursday — Jesus & Judas at the Table

On this Maundy Thursday I wanted to share an image of Jesus at table with his disciples. The carving below shows?all twelve disciples -- it's a bit hard to see John, whose head is lying in Jesus' lap. What makes this depiction of the Last Supper unique is the identity of the disciple at the center … [Read more...] about Holy Thursday — Jesus & Judas at the Table

Lent/Easter Holy Blood Altarpiece,  John 13,  Judas,  Maundy Thursday,  Professor Craig Hanson,  reliquary,  Tilman Riemenschneider

February 13, 2013

Wilderness & Temptation

I have an article about "Wilderness" over at Eerd Word. I hope you'll click over there and check it out! If you're thinking about the Temptation of Jesus this Sunday as we enter Lent, you might find some sermon fodder there. Here's a teaser from my article: Wilderness is also a place of gnawing … [Read more...] about Wilderness & Temptation

Lent/Easter wilderness as a Lenten theme

March 18, 2009

Sabbath-Keeping: A Lenten Practice

The next spiritual discipline in our Lent series is Sabbath-keeping. ?I think I'll focus on the basics: what is Sabbath and how do we keep it? The biblical exhortation to keep the Sabbath mentions the fact that God ceased working after six days and rested on the seventh. Accordingly, on the most … [Read more...] about Sabbath-Keeping: A Lenten Practice

Lent/Easter sabbath

March 15, 2009

Fasting: A Lenten Practice

On this 3rd Sunday of Lent, we looked at the Spiritual Discipline of Fasting. A member shared her experiences with fasting, after giving a bit of background to the practice. She did a great job, and I was so grateful that we could all hear her perspective. She used a few pictures too, which enhanced … [Read more...] about Fasting: A Lenten Practice

Lent/Easter fasting as a spiritual discipline,  food issues

February 17, 2008

Decade by Decade: What Emerges

Our Lent theme at church is: Decade by Decade: Questions Along the Journey. Each week, in addition to the sermon, a member of the congregation is sharing a bit of their faith journey. Each week focuses on a different decade of life. My goal is to reinforce the fact that our entire life is a … [Read more...] about Decade by Decade: What Emerges

Lent/Easter a successful Lent theme used at a small church

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