As we leave the tombs of quarantine, a return to normal would be a disaster unless we recognize that we are going back to a world desperately in need of healing. — Esau McCaulley, Unsettling Power Of the Easter Story. It is not often that you find an opinion piece about the Easter story in the NY Times, but this…
Holy Saturday
Another dear and wonderful friend sent me one of her father’s sermons. He used to use Christ’s last words as a basis for his Good Friday sermons. I used his sermon for my morning meditation and thought it appropriate for Holy Saturday’s Pew. Happy Easter one and all!!! Christ’s words: “Father into thy hands I…
Good Friday
A dear friend sent around a wonderful piece this morning about Good Friday done by his pastor. I attach it at the bottom of this morning’s Pew. He got me to thinking about Good Friday. For as long as I’ve been an Episcopalian I have been told and believe that Lent ends on Good Friday.…
Maundy Thursday
If any of you are like me and didn’t have an idea what “Maundy” meant and where it came from here is some information: The word “Maundy” comes to us as an Anglo-French word derived from the Latin “mandatum,” which means “commandment.” It refers to when Jesus, in the Upper Room during the Last Super,…
A Cloud Of Witnesses
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and protector of our faith. — Hebrews 12:1-2a. The first verse of Hebrews…