Content Warning: Stillbirth 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 her master Zoom technology. The hours felt as sacred as any Good Friday … [Read more...] about Like the First Easter
Easter, Lent Pilgrimage, Home
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ~Revelation 21:2 Scripture calls Jerusalem home, but it has always seemed far from my home. This pilgrimage has been too brief. The places we?ve visited don't really feel like … [Read more...] about Easter, Lent Pilgrimage, Home
Easter Sunrise Service at the Lincoln Memorial
We sat on folding chairs before dawn, in the still-dark. Abe Lincoln towered behind us. I felt the cold wind on my cheeks while I kept my arm around my grown-up daughter, to help keep her warm. In the distance, the early light silhouetted the obelisk of the Washington Monument with pink. We listened … [Read more...] about Easter Sunrise Service at the Lincoln Memorial