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Liturgy—remembering together a holy week
The experience of gathering, remembering, sharing in the liturgy is essential for us in Holy Week, not just the Sundays before and after.
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Between the Fifth Sunday of Lent and the Passion (Year B)
The gap in the text this week is all of the events of Holy Week and what they represent: a political execution of a political dissident.
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After Christmas – When to Celebrate the Feast of Stephen
Why does it matter when we celebrate the Feast of Stephen? John? Holy Innocents? The challenge of tradition, innovation, and formation.
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Worship, Lent, & COVID-19
I also wrote this letter to the congregation.
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Prayers for Gaza
As of this morning 60 Palestinians were declared dead and over 2,300 were injured in a massacre along the fence in Gaza. Moving the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was what Rachel Shabi called “a deliberate upturning of international conventions.” And timing it for this auspicious date was an intentional thumb on…
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Prayers For When the Snow Refuses to Stop Falling
Growing up in northern Michigan, the idea of snow in April isn’t weird to me. It wasn’t even weird to think about snow making an appearance in May or June. And at the other end of the calendar, we had to integrate snowsuits into our Halloween costume design. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get…
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The Scandal of Holy Week
The challenge of keeping Holy Week is that there’s way more than we can fit into a couple of days. But we’re not doing ourselves any favors by not even trying. I grew up with Holy Week. As a life-long Episcopalian, Holy Week was a natural part of my upbringing. Just as all the seasons…
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Condemning Our Fear of Silence
In the first Passion prediction in Mark 8:31-38, Peter speaks when he should be listening, revealing how important it is to listen — because we’re likely to get the mission of Jesus wrong. We are so bothered by silence, we struggle to hear Jesus Lent 2B | Mark 8:31-38 This story of Jesus is one…