Blame and Purpose
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The place of the crucifixion in our public imagination is as an act of consequence or violation rather than revelation.
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The place of the crucifixion in our public imagination is as an act of consequence or violation rather than revelation.
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The vain attempt to cover all of the action that takes place between the two Sundays. At least the first part anyway.
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Reading along with each day of Holy Week is a rewarding practice that helps connect us with all that goes into it.
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As big as Easter is, we load the Sunday before up with all of the pressure of explaining everything to come.
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On Good Friday, we remember the crucifixion of Jesus. What we see is not just how broken the world is, but how whole it could be.
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As Jesus prepares his followers for the Passion, we’re invited to see beyond our own expectations of good and evil.
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The crucifixion of Jesus is the picture of cruelty. It’s also a mirror for the way of our world, and then also reveals the Kin-dom.
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In the Passion, we become the witnesses, not only to the brutality put upon Jesus, but to the violence we impose upon one another. the Crucifixion destroys the justification for violence Good Friday | John 18:1-19:42 It’s often said the Passion preaches itself. Its power is self-evident. But it doesn’t quite preach like the fire…