Tag: Holy Week
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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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The Most Important Week in History
by Magdalene Louise Batel “Hurry along,” the mother called. “Jesus is coming. Maybe this will be the year that Jesus will begin His reign as our new king. This may be one of the most important weeks in the history of our people. We want to be able to say we were there.” And so,…
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