Entries For: April 2011
Apr 23, 2011
Holy Saturday: waiting with
"So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb." read more...
Apr 22, 2011
Good Friday: death
"Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees." Sung by Billie Holiday, Lyrics by Lewis Allan, Maurice Pearl, P. Dwayne Wiggins. read more...
Apr 21, 2011
Maundy Thursday: love
"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13 read more...
Apr 20, 2011
Wednesday in Holy Week: betrayal
"Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me." John 13 read more...
Apr 19, 2011
Tuesday in Holy Week: ministry
Celebrant: Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ? People: I will, with God’s help. Baptismal Vows, Book of Common Prayer read more...
Apr 18, 2011
Monday in Holy Week: seeing and not seeing
"Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair..." "...the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death, since it was on account of him that many were deserting them and were believing in Jesus." John 12 read more...
Apr 07, 2011
Lent Thursday Nights: Kathy Grieb and the Butterfly Effect
When a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world it can cause a hurricane in another part of the world. When a pastor of a 50 member congregation in Florida burns a Quran/Koran 12 U.N. workers die in Afghanistan. read more...
Apr 04, 2011
The Power of Words: Repairing the Breach, A Service of Reconciliation and Repentance
I will attend this service and make apology not because I as a white person am a horrible person. I will attend and voice apology because as one who works with words for a living, I know the power of words. read more...