Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »This Lent, and especially this Holy Week and Easter, have served as the most reflective period of my life in over two years, likely since the last time I went backpacking in Alaska. In this reflective process, I have ...
The Goodness of Good Friday (Holy Week Reflections, Part 4)
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »"Where there is doubt, (let me sow) faith." -St. Francis of Assisi Yesterday I heard what was probably the most remarkable sermon on the crucifixion of Christ that I have ever heard or read in my life. I'm not sure the ...
The New Mandate (Holy Week Reflections, Part 3)
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »Since becoming an Anglican, I have been astonished at how much I draw from church services that has nothing to do with the sermon. I count it one of the greatest strengths of the Anglican tradition, in fact: that it ...
Holy Week Reflections, Part 2
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »"O God, you have bound us together in a common life. Help us in the midst of our struggles for justice and truth, to confront one another without hatred or bitterness, and to work together with mutual forbearance and ...
Holy Week Relfections, Part 1
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Holy Week & Easter 2008, Religion, Uncategorized | No Comments »As we entered into Holy Week yesterday with the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, we are all called to reflect backwards for the purpose of anticipating forward the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ from Good ...