Tag: Good Friday
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QUESTIONS FOR JESUS ON GOOD FRIDAY
Which hurt more, the whip, the nails, the public ridicule or the fact that Peter denied you? I think I know the answer. Father, forgive them–Really, because that is a little hard to swallow? Why did you use a Persian loan word to describe heaven to the thief, because, honestly, that kinda freaks me out?…
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ISAIAH 53 ON GOOD FRIDAY
This is a repost of last year’s Good Friday blog. More Holy Week related blogs can be linked to at the end of this post. ISAIAH 53, RSV, With Comment. Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? Very few have believed, but not the…
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ISAIAH 53 ON GOOD FRIDAY
ISAIAH 53, RSV, With Comment. Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? Very few have believed, but not the ones you might think. It is the paradox of worldwide Christian movement. For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a…
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HOLY WEEK REFLECTION
Yesterday in our Palm Sunday service my oldest daughter performed a monologue I wrote. She did such a wonderful job with it. The piece is a reflection of Holy Week based on the Gospel of John. The Fourth Gospel is the one I’ve been working through during Lent and will also spend time with…