Posts Tagged: easter

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 »

Lenten Devotional: Easter Sunday

  Sunday, April 21 Everything that has breath Psalm 150 On this day filled with shouts of “Alleluia, he is risen!” we come to the end of our journey into mindfulness through the Psalms. How fitting to close with the final song of the psalter, a majestic hymn of praise. Let’s read it in its… Read more »

The B-Flat Christian

The Clothes of Christ by Rebecca Lister So, our chocolate Easter bunnies and peeps have been hastily eaten. Our brightly colored eggs that were hidden so carefully have been discovered. We drank in the smell of our Easter lilies as we planted them. We sang our hearts out in “Christ the Lord is Risen Today,… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Pruner God A Revised Common Lectionary resource for April 29 by Magdalena I. García ‘He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.’ – John 15:2 Read the full lectionary passage here Pruner God, we offer up our arid, thorny, sterile… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Open our minds A Revised Common Lectionary resource for April 15 by Magdalena I. García “Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.” – Luke 24:45 Read the full lectionary passage here When we waste food while others go hungry, open our minds to understand the scriptures. When we ignore the homeless and judge… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Peace, faith and power A Revised Common Lectionary resource for April 8 by Magdalena I. García Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.’ – John 20:29 Read the full lectionary passage here When we are afraid to… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Extreme hospitality A Revised Common Lectionary resource for April 30 By Magdalena I. García But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. – Luke 24:29 Read the full lectionary passages here That strange traveler… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

When the processions and the alleluias cease A Revised Common Lectionary resource for April 23 By Magdalena I. García When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’ – John 20:22 Read the full lectionary passages here When the processions cease and the wooden crosses are stored… Read more »

justleros: more than nonsense / más que disparates

Long live life A Revised Common Lectionary resource for April 16 by Magdalena I. García “He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said.’ —Matthew 28:6a Read the full lectionary passages here They accused him of being a party animal because he shared the table with all kinds of people, but Jesus… Read more »