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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
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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
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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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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
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It’s ok to fall (4): It’s the only way
It’s only the second Sunday in Lent. Time seems to drag during this long, hard season. At least Advent — a similar season of preparation, repentance, and waiting — is only four weeks long; things seem to go faster in … Continue reading
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