Embracing an Eastertide Attitude for a Fearful World
Christ is risen! Yesterday was Easter—but Easter is not over. While our culture tends toward the belief that a holiday marks the end or conclusion of a celebration, the church does not. There are a dozen days of Christmastide and a full fifty days of Eastertide. This...
Dying Alongside Us
It’s Holy Week: the week leading up to Easter. This is one of the two most important weeks in the Christian Year (the other is the celebration of Christmas). In this week, we remember Jesus’ final days of life as a human being: his last supper with his disciples, then...
Epiphany and the Revelation of the Reign of God
I love it when my work and my blogging connect in unexpected ways. It happened a few days ago when I was writing a reflection for Liturgical Press on Luke 19:11–28. In this passage, Jesus is near Jerusalem and being pestered by people who presume that the Reign of God...
Accepting Our Mortality
I’m focusing on mortality this week—but not because of Halloween. This coming Saturday, I’m leading a workshop for a rather unusual retreat. St. Philip’s Church is hosting an All Souls’ Day Retreat: “Embracing Mortality: Christian Perspectives on Death and Dying.” The...
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