God loves you this much by Dave Perry

I was profoundly impacted as I read this post by Dave Perry over at Visual theology this morning. As Good Friday approaches I wonder whether I have the courage to write my name into the blank space above, knowing that if I do God will want to gift resurrection life to me where I need [...]

Red Remains – A Prayer for Holy Week From Sally Morgenthaler

This morning I am posting a poem by Sally Morgenthaler. Sally says “I used to use speak with words. Now I use images. Photographing the everyday beautiful for the everyday soul. Patterns, sub-worlds, blur, and fleeting light. Life as a divine, sensual experience.” However as you can see she is still pretty good with words [...]

Good Friday Prayer 2012

Today we walk with Christ in the dark shadow of the Cross, Knowing we have weighed him down, Our burdens crushed his shoulders, His suffering is for us, For us he willingly endured death. May we trust in God alone, And walk the way of the Cross together, Let us move forward without fear into [...]

More Resources for Lent 2012 from the Episcopal Church

A couple of days ago I posted this list of resources for the coming Lenten season. Since then I have added an Ash Wednesday prayer and links to previous prayers. Yesterday I received this email from the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia with some great additional resources. Resources, meditations and study guides for experiencing a reflective [...]

Good Friday Reflection

Today we walk with Christ in the dark shadow of the Cross Knowing we have weighed him down, our burdens crush his shoulders, His suffering is for us, and for us he willingly endured death, Praise God who did not abandon us. This morning I was struck again by the unexpected and inexplicable ways God [...]

Earth Day and Good Friday Converge – Let Us Pray

Tomorrow is Good Friday.  It is also Earth Day and each time I hear about another natural disaster that is impacting our world I sense how much we need that convergence.  Christ did not just die for us but all created life and for our planet too.  The imagery of resurrection is not of disembodied [...]

Easter is Here – Reflect, Renew and Celebrate

Over the last few years I have posted a number of prayers and reflections for Easter from Good Friday to Easter Sunday.  I thought that some of you would appreciate a summary of the most popular. A Good Friday Prayer for 2011 Holy Week Prayer A Good Friday Prayer Good Friday Prayer for 2010 Prayers [...]

Passover – Loving the God Who Displaces People

This morning’s post comes from Theresa Ip Froehlich, reminding us of the fact that the Last Supper was in fact a celebration of the Jewish Passover feast.  Theresa Ip Froehlich is an ordained minister, a professional life coach, writer, and conference speaker. She is a native of Hong Kong, wife to Hervey for 28 years, [...]

Washing Hands: A Reflection on Good Friday

Today’s post is a reflection on Good Friday, reposted from Sacredise and written by John Van de Laar is South Africa.  I found it to be both thought provoking and compelling.  John has some other great resources for Holy Week available that you might like to check out A Reflection for Good Friday on John 18:28-19:22 [...]

An Easter Prayer for 2011

This morning I was listening to the news about the terrible storm that sent more than 200 tornadoes ripping across the southern US killing at least 45 people and tearing apart buildings everywhere.   My heart grieves this morning with the families of those who have been killed as our planet is rocked by yet [...]