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Pentecost and the Passage of Time
Yesterday was the day of Pentecost in the church calendar, a celebration of the sending of the Spirit 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus. I marked the occasion yesterday with a song, but I want to say one or … Continue reading
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A Song to End the Season
Today is Pentecost Sunday, which marks the arrival of the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts and brings an end to the not-so-ordinary part of the church calendar. Here’s a song that didn’t make the cut for U2’s All … Continue reading
Eastertide
Yesterday, a week after Easter Sunday, church was mostly “back to normal.” Which is both understandable and unfortunate. At least with some version of Advent, and the desire to keep the tree up a little bit longer, Christmas gets to … Continue reading
The Resurrection Optic
Over the Lenten season I’ve posted some short reflections on Erik Varden’s The Shattering of Loneliness. I think it appropriate to link to his Easter reflection, which I found to be short and sweet. You can read the whole thing … Continue reading
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Easter Sunday Refrain
A song for Easter Sunday: deep reminder of how big the day is and how utterly important is the One we celebrate it.
John’s Maundy Thursday
Tonight I had the opportunity to attend a beautiful Tenebrae service at a local church where a dear friend serves on the worship team. It was a service full of good music, poignant testimonies, and full readings from the Gospel … Continue reading
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Remembrance Part Four
In one of two chapters on the theological virtue of faith in Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis encourages his readers to see the battle of faith as being between “faith and reason on one side and emotion and imagination on … Continue reading
Spring Break Scramble
This last week has gone by in a blur. That’s to be expected, of course, at the end of a quarter or semester. The week has been packed with classes and grading and meetings and trying to wrap things up … Continue reading
Remembrance Part Two.Five
Last week as I was thinking the second thing to remember from Erik Varden (remember you were once a slave in Egypt), a song from long ago came to mind. A bit of context from an odd source first, though. … Continue reading
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Remembrance Part Two
For me, most Lenten seasons start with the “bang” of Ash Wednesday but quickly fall into a slough of messy hopes and habits. That’s a cost of being interested in the church calendar as a member of a church that … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 