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A Holy Week
The challenge of dealing with all of Holy Week in a single Sunday is that we can’t. So we don’t even try. Which is a mistake.
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My March Update: reading “The Stand”
An update in my ridiculous goal to read a giant book while sitting in the toilet this year. I chose The Stand.
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Reading Holy Week (Year A)
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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Everything Everywhere All At Once Sunday
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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For Sunday (Palm Sunday)
We begin Holy Week with Palm Sunday and move quickly to the Passion. But there’s a lot more there we are called to read.
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Palms—tradition, attachment, and meaning
The intellectual challenge of Palm Sunday in the midwestern United States is that the main symbol is not ours.
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Between Lent 5 & Holy Week (Year A)
The gap between Lent 5 and Holy Week is small—or would be if we stayed in John. But instead, we jump back to Matthew.
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Unbind Them
The focus of Lazarus’s resurrection story is witnessing the glory of God. The heart, then, is found in how Mary responds.