Tag: Easter
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Dead or Alive?
The Flowering of the Cross has become a tradition in many churches. On Easter Sunday morning, worshippers bring flowers to be placed on a wooden cross that either has pre-drilled holes for the flowers or has been wrapped in a wire “cage” into which the flowers are inserted. The idea is to change the ugly…
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On Earth as It Is in Heaven
I don’t remember when I preached my first sermon, but I do remember when I preached my first Easter sermon. I was chaplain at a juvenile girls’ facility. That spring I experienced a spiritual crisis. A spiritual crisis is, well, a crisis for a vocational minister at any time but in the spring with Easter…
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And So, We Wait.
I wanted to name this post “The Day the World Held Its Breath” until I realized that the world did not and does not hold its breath on Holy Saturday. On the first Holy Saturday, Jesus’ followers were in mourning because their leader had been killed. They didn’t know what was next and they feared…
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