As I have mentioned before JR Woodward has been hosting a fascinating series on The Good News throughout the Easter season. I have just contributed this post which looks at the good news of the transformation that God accomplishes in our lives. Not surprising – it is based on my Garbage to Gold post.
There [...]
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During the Easter season JR Woodward is hosting a blog series on The Good News, where we will hear and discuss the Good News in its rich and multi-layered depth. To find out more about this series you might like to read the introduction. There are already some great posts up that you can look at.
Below you [...]
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Easter Sunday is over. Jesus is risen but what have we done about it? How have our lives changed because of the life giving presence of Christ? How many of us are still sitting at the empty tomb with Mary weeping because we are worried about what has happened to the dead body rather than [...]
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Here is an event that I am really excited about – a wonderful opportunity for us to encourage each other to get involved in our neighborhoods.
On May 16, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Emerging Church, Catholic and Mainline Christians together with those who are spiritually inclined but unrelated to any Christian community will gather in Seattle for Pentecost [...]
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Easter Monday has arrived, the tomb is empty and we are wondering what is next. It seems like a good time to remind ourselves that Easter is far more than a day it is an entire season that stretches for 50 days until the celebration of Pentecost – this year on May 31st.
So what is [...]
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Hallelujah Christ is risen…. this glorious day, the centre of the Christian faith, is already being celebrated in Australia, New Zealand and Asia and I thought that I would start early with my own celebrations here. This video is one I posted 2 years ago but as many of you were unaware of my blog [...]
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Today is black Saturday – can you imagine the confusion, the depression and even the anger that the disciples must have felt because Jesus had died. They had entered Jerusalem a week before with such hope and anticipation. Their king had come and was about to proclaim himself. What they did not expect was that [...]
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I just discovered this powerful video reflection thanks to Sivin Kit
Also check out these posts for the Lenten synchroblog
Ryan Lind’s Short Story for Good Friday
And Bethany Stedman’s Prayers from the Cross
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Jesus is on his way toward the Cross. His disciples have fled and he is alone, alone with our suffering and our pain. Alone to face the wrath of the Roman Empire and the fury of the crowd. Alone and feeling abandoned by God. Yet not alone for all of humanity walks with him. We [...]
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Christ Jesus you hung upon a cross and died for us
So that we might live for you
Your body was broken and your blood shed
So that we might be healed and made whole
You were faithful unto death
So that we might be faithful unto life
Your last command was that we might love one another
One family together from [...]
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