Tag: Lent/Easter
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Blood is Thicker Than Water, a sermon for Good Friday, John 19:16-30
The good news today is that Jesus makes family bonds with his blood where there were none before.
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Holy Thursday — Jesus & Judas at the Table
But I find it quite moving that an artist would put Judas at the center of this work, below Jesus’ shed blood, inviting the viewer to identify with the disciple who betrayed Jesus. So often we shy away from comparing ourselves to this betrayer.
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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 hunger…
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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 elementary level, Sabbath…
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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…
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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…