Tag Archives: Lent
Easter Sunday: Is “Amen” the end, or just the beginning?
A meditation for Easter Sunday: “Amen” the last word of Handel’s Messiah, sung about 49 times for emphasis Continue reading
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Law & Order: A Prayer of Confession
We have allowed criminality to become subjective. Those whose crimes are greater than ours on some subjective scale of criminality are the real criminals Continue reading
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Lent Diary: Easter Sunday 2011
For most people this is just an ordinary Sunday.
You and I know differently. You and I know that this is the day that changed the world. This is the day that death was defeated. Well, actually it was defeated on Good Friday; it just didn’t know it until today. Continue reading
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Lent Diary: Easter Saturday 2011
On that first Easter Saturday the disciples must have wondered: What went wrong? Was this whole thing a failure? Did we follow the wrong person? Is love not the way after all? Does love have no chance in this world? Continue reading
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Easter Sunday
If you feel that you are beyond God’s forgiveness, beyond his power to reach and to save, this day declares that all sin is forgiven. Continue reading
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Easter Saturday
Easter Saturday lasts forever. The pain of our Good Friday lingers; the hurt never seems to go away; the anger never abates; the guilt remains. Will Sunday never come? Continue reading
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