Posted in Church Year on Apr 10th, 2009
It is traditional on Good Friday to meditate on the words Jesus spoke from the cross. Taken from all four Gospels, these “Seven Last Words,” as they’re called, are rich with meaning. I’ve included them here from the King James Version:
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Lk 23:34)
“Today shalt thou [...]
Posted in Church Year on Apr 9th, 2009
On Sunday during Communion we sang a familiar worship chorus in which the second verse begins, “Into the river I will wade. There my sins are washed away.” I had always thought of that river as the river of baptism, but it struck me as we sang that the river we wade into is also [...]
Posted in Church Year on Apr 5th, 2009
On Palm Sunday at our church, we do the whole palm processional, with the kids tromping in during the opening hymn, waving palm branches and grinning proudly. We celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the adoring crowds, the waving branches, the cloaks in the road, the whole nine yards. Everybody’s happy and smiling like this [...]