The risen Christ meets two despairing disciples on the road toEmmaus, leaving the Holy City behind. When these disciples brokebread with the man, they thought was a stranger, their eyes wereopened to the joy of this Easter Sunday. Jesus is alive! Our hearts burnwith this good news! These two despairing disciples… Read More
Despite the bustle of Easter preparations, I’ve always felt that HolySaturday should be slow and quiet — a day of respectful, hushedgrieving as we wait and wonder before the tomb. I imagine Joseph ofArimathea tenderly taking Jesus’ broken body from that disgracefulcross, wrapping his nakedness in clean linen, laying him gently… Read More
Jesus “breathed his last.” The breath that fills our lungs and sendsoxygen to our body and brain means more to us now that we’veexperienced a deadly virus that attacks our respiratory system. Jesus’shuman body relied on this life-giving breath. When his breathceased, his body soon followed. Being fully human meant Jesus… Read More
“Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom.” Thesewords of Scripture have been arranged into my favorite Taizé hymn“Jesus, Remember Me.” The words repeat like a mantra. Singing thishymn together at the end of a Good Friday service, as the last bit oflight dies in the darkness, is a powerful… Read More
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