For all of us whose lives are firmly planned in the church, there’s one week of the year that exhausts us more than any other. And it’s this one. Holy Week. Extra services to plan. Extra crowds to usher. Extra bulletins to print. Sadly, it’s the time of year that clergy complain most about. Or church …
Holy Week
Sitting With Holy Saturday
Welcome to one of the darkest days of the whole year— for Christians that is—the day we wait with Jesus in the tomb. It’s the day that no one visited the tomb of Jesus. It’s the day when nothing happened in the gospel narrative. It’s the day that can be summarized in one word: silence. …
Fast Forward
Who doesn’t like to fast forward? I think one of the greatest inventions in television is the DVR box that comes with most standard cable subscriptions for an extra $10 or so a month. With it, no longer do you have to watch commercials you don’t like, or any commercials for that matter. You don’t …
Sabbath lately?
I’ve been thinking a lot about Sabbath keeping recently. Maybe because holy week is coming soon: the busiest week of a pastor’s year, the time when bulletins after bulletins and services and services must be planned and planned some more. Maybe because it is something that our household is trying to be better at after my husband ended …