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Tag Archives: Good Friday
God in the lowlands
These last moments of Jesus’ life stand in stark contrast to what is valued in the world. I find it ironic that we read today a text that is normally read on Good Friday – the day Christians worldwide pause … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Black Friday, Christ the King Sunday, consumerism, crucifixion, culture, forgiveness, Good Friday, good news, Gospel, grace, hope, Jesus, judgement, King, love, mercy, New Testament, Passion of Christ, preaching, Reign of Christ, scripture, sermon, story, theology of the cross
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The Passion of Christ – a Good Friday sermon
The heaviness of it all weighs on our souls. Good Friday is a sombre day. The tormented images of the torture and death of anyone, let alone Jesus Son of God, flash across our minds-eye in the hearing of the … Continue reading
Posted in Theological Reflection
Tagged bible, blood, Christian, Cross, death, Easter, Eucharist, faith, God, Good Friday, good news, Holy Communion, hope, Isaiah, lament, Lent, letting go, life, love, Lutheran, Martin Luther, meaning, Passion of Christ, prayer, preaching, sacrament, sermon, story, suffering, suffering servant, surrender, transfusion, tridium, Worship
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The human face of a vulnerable God
Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote a play entitled: ‘The Living Dead”. The climactic scene is set in the attic of a house in France during World War II, where a half dozen captured members of the Resistance are being kept. The … Continue reading
Posted in Theological Reflection
Tagged bible, Christian, church, Cross, divine, Easter, false gods, God, Golgotha, Good Friday, good news, Gospel, Gospel of John, human, humility, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jesus, Jurgen Moltmann, Lent, Living Dead, love, Lutheran, Passion of Christ, poor, poverty, power, preaching, sacrifice, sermon, story, theology of the cross, vulnerability, world, Worship
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Something always has to die …
(The following is taken from Richard Rohr’s commentary in his book “Wondrous Encounters; Scriptures for Lent”, with my added words.) The crowds were gathered in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival. This ritual is described in Exodus 12, and provides the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, Cross, death, ego, exodus, faith, God, Good Friday, Hebrew Scriptures, hope, Jesus, love, meal, new life, New Testament, Old Testament, Passover, preaching, sacrament, sacrifice, sermon, spiritual growth
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Trust the down
I hate roller-coasters. It’s about the fear of letting go of control on the way down, that’s the problem. The couple times I’ve had the guts to go on a roller-coaster, I didn’t enjoy the experience because I couldn’t let … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, bible, Carl Jung, Christianity, church, creed, death, Easter, faith, Good Friday, good news, Gospel, Holy Week, hope, hymn, Jesus, Lent, life, love, maturity, New Testament, Palm Sunday, paradox, preaching, resurrection, Richard Rohr, roller coaster, sermon, spiritual growth, trust, witness, Worship
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The good crowd
I was ten years old when my parents shuffled me and my brother into one of the front rows of the main, outdoor theatre in the small, Bavarian town. The crowd pushed and shoved for privileged seating to watch the … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginal, Amercian, bad, character, Christian, creation, crowd, crucificxion, death, divine, drama, faith, Genesis, God, good, Good Friday, Gospel, gospels, Holy Spirit, Holy Week, hope, human, identification, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jew, Jewish, Joyce Rupp, Judaism, Judea, life, liturgy, Marcus Borg, maturity, Maundy Thursday, Mel Gibson, New Testament, Oberammergau, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday, Pax Romana, plot, preaching, psychology, Roman rule, sermon, spiritual growth, story, The Passion of the Christ, Ute, Worship
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Exposing the agenda of hate
A recent song by American singer-songwriter Soufjan Stevens is entitled: “There’s no shade in the shadow of the cross.” Today, on Good Friday, we all stand in the shadow of the Cross of Jesus. But there’s no shade in this … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Meditation, Theological Reflection
Tagged bible, Christian Meditation, Christianity, church, Cross, death, forgiveness, Good Friday, Gospel, hate, history, Holyl Week, humanity, Jesus, love, mean spirit, meditatio, Passion of Christ, People of the Lie, poverty of spirit, preaching, religion, resurrection, Richard Rohr, Scott Peck, sermon, sin, Soufjan Stevens, spiritual growth, symbol, vengeance, violence, war, Worship
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