A Holy Week Reflection on Grief and Bereavement
Grief walks the road of Holy Week, through loss, silence, and sorrow, held by Jesus, and gently transformed by the promise of resurrection.
Grief walks the road of Holy Week, through loss, silence, and sorrow, held by Jesus, and gently transformed by the promise of resurrection.
Spy Wednesday invites us into that tension. It asks us to sit with the reality that betrayal is part of the human story, and therefore part of our story.
To see Jesus is not just to observe. It is to be drawn in. To be gathered into this movement of self-giving love.
We stand at the beginning of a holy journey. The cross is coming. The tomb is near. But here, in Bethany, we are given this moment, a glimpse of what love looks...
Palm Sunday invites us to live in the tension that holds together the joy of the procession and the sorrow of the Passion. To resist the temptation to rush too ...
We long for resurrection without the agony of crucifixion; we crave healing without facing the wound, justice without any sacrifice. But Passiontide resists our...
Jesus does not rush past grief on the way to resurrection. He does not dismiss sorrow because he knows how the story ends. He pauses. He feels. He mourns.
The Woman at the well had nothing, and Jesus gave her everything.
Jesus does not say, “Blessed are those who win.” He says, “Blessed are the peacemakers.”
Lent is not about proving spiritual discipline or earning God’s favor. It is about honest self-examination, repentance that leads to repair, and practices that ...