The story of Holy Week is not just another story. It is the story that makes us who we are – the formational memory of the community of the church, the Body of Christ. We don’t just tell this story – we live it, in the rituals of this week but more also – and more importantly – in our lives.
And so the question for us, as followers of Jesus, is how do we need to die – what do we need to lay down or renounce or accept – so that we can enter into eternal life – not in some otherworldly afterlife but this very day and every day to come?
Find the readings (Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22) here.
This is what Lent is about – preparing ourselves for this work of self-giving AND of resurrection – it is a journey to the cross and the tomb and through to the promised Easter garden.
And through is the only way to get there. There can be no resurrection if there is no death.
The Rev. Canon Hilary Murray reflects on her experiences as a Canadian Black woman, created in the image of God but living in a world that too often fails to see that truth in her.
Jesus may have been the one who was outwardly transfigured but it was Peter and James and John who were changed by what was revealed on that mountaintop, called to go beyond what they knew and embrace Jesus in a more complete way; to listen to him and obey his instruction to take up their own cross and journey with him down the mountain.
The season of Epiphany is a time of paying attention to the way God reveals Godself in the world – noticing and naming the moments and experiences in our own lives when we find ourselves in God’s presence. Today, Terry and Kim shared stories of just such moments from their own lives.
The season of Epiphany is a time of paying attention to the way God reveals Godself in the world – noticing and naming the moments and experiences in our own lives when we find ourselves in God’s presence. Today, Brad and Kevin shared stories of just such moments from their own lives.