Here we are at Easter Sunday. A day that started in continued mourning, but ended in joy unspeakable. For on that day the unimaginable occurred. But first the day began, at least in human eyes, in ruins as all that remained was a flicker in what seemed to be the...
Here we are at Holy Saturday. A day of silence. A day of anguish, despair, and uncertainty. As Jesus’s body lay in the tomb, his disciples had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. They were unaware that Christ was actively liberating the captives while...
Good Friday is not simply a moment in time. It’s an event of cosmic proportions that rippled and reverberated in all directions. As Christ hung on that cross exhaling his final breath, revelation was also exhaled – though not fully realized until Sunday...
Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Quite moving, then and now, on so many levels. Among over things Christ exemplified love that evening as he knelt down and washed the feet of Judas, a man that Jesus knew was about to betray him. Yet even in that moment, the...
Jesus was neither an activist nor a pietist. He wasn’t a Zealot or an Essene. The cross is the radical alternative to both insurrection and quietism.
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