The Season of Passiontide
We need to look past the blood and the gore of the Crucifixion and see in that scene the love of God, God who was willing to take on our frailty to show us a ne...
Tag: Holy Week
Holy Saturday
The Collect of Holy Saturday O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of thy dear Son was laid in the tomb and tested on this holy ...
Easter Sermon: Why Are You Weeping?
Our journey is complete. Some 40 days ago we began a spiritual journey that has brought us to this moment. We started this journey by being reminded, on Ash Wed...
Would you have been there?
There are not many Good Friday hymns or songs, but one that always comes to mind is the old favorite, “were you there…” We all know the song, and i...
Do THIS in Remembrance of me
On this night we pause to commemorate the events that took place in the Upper Room. We are invited in to witness one of the most intimate moments between Jesus ...
Renewal of the Covenant
We have reached the halfway point of our Holy Week journey that leads us from the Palm Sunday experience, through the agony in the garden and death on the Cross...
Sir, we wish to see Jesus
“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” These words were spoken to the Apostle Philip by some Greeks that had come to worship. There were desirous of meeting J...
But there will be a stench
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been...
Sermon: Into Jerusalem
As a child, I grew up watching news footage of vast military parades put on by the Communist government in Red Square in Moscow. The regiments of soldiers, goo...
Forgive Them
Last Sunday night, the Fox Television Network premiered a retelling of the story of Jesus journey to the Cross. Set in the City of New Orleans the Passions was...