Holy Week
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This Thursday of Holy Week 2019
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5 min read
Watching Notre Dame, the echoes of Holy Week reverberated. The warning of the temple’s destruction, of course. But also the call to listen.
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This Wednesday of Holy Week 2019
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5 min read
The chief priests and scribes conspire to kill Jesus. Not because they don’t like him. But precisely because they feel justified in wanting to kill him.
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This Tuesday of Holy Week 2019
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5 min read
When the authorities confront Jesus in the Temple, they find a popular teacher warning them not to choose the way of death.
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Before they walk in
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7 min read
In Luke 19, we get a disturbing image that casts Jesus in a whole new light.
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This Wednesday of Holy Week
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5 min read
The bridge from the start of holy week to the end reveals the wide difference between the world God dreams for us and the world we insist on perpetuating. Even as the dream comes alive in our midst. After three days of confronting the Temple authorities and challenging everything they believe about power and influence,…
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Where do we come in?
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6 min read
The challenge of Palm Sunday is fighting the impulse to skip ahead. But we’re invited not only into a bittersweet day but a whole week which challenges how we see the hope of Christ in our lives. We arrive at Jerusalem with Jesus expecting hope and fear Palm Sunday B | John 12:12-16 Where do…