March 28, 2024
Posts Categorized: Holy Week
April 2, 2021
Sightings
Grief beyond words A few notes for Good Friday by Ken Rummer From the musical “There’s a grief that can’t be spoken.” A young man in a high-collared jacket is singing. I’ve channel-clicked into the middle of a replay of the 25th anniversary presentation of Les Miserables. (Is that Nick Jonas singing?) At this… Read more »
April 7, 2020
Barn Boots and Blessings
And the steeple bell rang A rural church’s Holy Week witness in a pandemic by Donna Frischknecht Jackson Frank, I really don’t think it’s a good idea to gather at the church. Yes, I know this is the holiest of weeks. You are correct. Easter is coming. Yes, I know you miss your church…. Read more »
April 16, 2019
The B-Flat Christian
April 14, 2019
Lenten Devotional: Holy Week (Sun., Apr. 14 – Sat., Apr. 20)
Palm/Passion Sunday, April 14 This week’s theme: The living Word of God We know virtually nothing of his life before he began his three-year ministry. We do know that he was well-acquainted with Scripture, most likely tutored by his parents. Throughout the Gospels we see how he freely and succinctly referred to the spiritual… Read more »
March 31, 2018
Lenten Devotional: Holy Saturday/Great Vigil of Easter, March 31
The Prophets and Passion Week: A little while longer Isaiah 53:9 • They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Luke 23:50–53 • Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though… Read more »
March 30, 2018
Lenten Devotional: Good Friday, March 30
The Prophets and Passion Week: Light turns to darkness Isaiah 53:12 • . . . because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressor; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. How can the day when Jesus died be called Good Friday? The events… Read more »
March 29, 2018
Lenten Devotional: Maundy Thursday, March 29
The Prophets and Passion Week: Remembering Exodus 12:43–47 • The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the ordinance for the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, but any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after he has been circumcised; no bound or hired servant may eat of it…. Read more »
March 28, 2018
Lenten Devotional: Wednesday of Holy Week, March 28
The Prophets and Passion Week: Against all odds — pray Mark 14:1–2 • It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, “Not during the festival, or there… Read more »
March 27, 2018
Lenten Devotional: Tuesday of Holy Week, March 27
The Prophets and Passion Week: It’s not too late Daniel 11:31 • Forces sent by him shall occupy and profane the temple and fortress. They shall abolish the regular burnt offering and set up the abomination that makes desolate. Matthew 24:15 • So when you see the desolating sacrilege standing in the holy place,… Read more »