He is risen! Happy Easter Friends
The baskets are stuffed, the Easter outfits laid out on the dining room floor, and the lily’s perfume fills the living room where I am sitting. Quiet. Quiet is pure gift in a clergy person’s home during Holy Week,…
Day 34, Finishing Well: Maundy Thursday
Candles flickered on the Passover table, sending long shadows bouncing around the room. Scattered across the table the unleavened bread crumbs, bitter herbs, figs piled high wine in goblets half-drunk, salt water, eggs and the lamb. God’s faithfulness remembered and retold,…
Good, Good Friday
Today, God hung slack on a tree, Bleeding red love Hungry Shamed Alone. Today, Compassion cried bloody tears On the mob that killed it And asked forgiveness For the hand and the hammer And cried, “Father!” to stopped-up ears.…
4 Minute Art Video: Passion of Mark
It is Holy Week and Christ holds out His hand drawing us close to walk with Him. Debby Topliff, an artist along the Western Michigan coast, delves into Scripture holding a paintbrush and invites us to see this Story fresh. This is a…