God, you are in the details,not of all my plans for this holy season,but of the story of communitythat blesses me differently every year. Open to me, and to some, even one,of those whose sacred momentsI hope to un-tenebrae,so they experience your presence – the vulnerability of a foot,in bunion and blister,and worn by every… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: A Long (Holy) Week Prayer
God, Only you know, how long Holy Week is– Only you were human enough to do all the emotions, to go from raising Lazarus… to carry the scent of your perfumed feet to the washing of your own disciples, after you spent precious time having one Last Supper one last fellowship one last night of… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Maundy Thursday
Dear God, A year ago I write a Maundy Thursday prayer when we were just learning how to shelter in place, how to worship in place. I did not imagine that we would still be learning: about hybrid worship, about how to clean the church to Covid-standards between services, about public health and epidemiology. So… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Maundy Thursday in the time of covid19
There is no altar to strip, no fair linen to fold: yet so much of what is familiar has been stripped away in these days of shelter in place, of quarantine, of lockdown. We cannot wash one another’s feet, remembering Christ’s act of humble service: but we will wash our hands in love for… Read More
Maundy Thursday Prayer: Remember
“Do this to remember me…” However we do this with a loaf, wafers, cubes of bread… However we do the doing in vestments our Sunday best barefoot or high-heeled Dear God, help us to remember not the to-do list or the thing we forgot to write on the to-do list or who is doing what… Read More
Thursday prayer: Maundy Thursday
On the night before he died, your Son, Jesus Christ, took bread; when he had given you thanks, he broke it, gave it to his disciples and said: Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you; do this to remember me. Loving God, in the tradition I’m part of this is the day in… Read More
RCL-Narrative Lectionary: Holy Week Extravaganza Bonus Edition!
Maundy Thursday. Good Friday. Easter Vigil. Whatever other worship services and events are typical for your congregation. It’s all come down to this, folks! It’s the final countdown, the sprint to the finish, the last hurrah. It’s time to get serious. Jesus has joyfully entered Jerusalem. The final meal, betrayal, arrest, and execution are at… Read More
Maundy Thursday Prep Party
Gals and Pals, it’s Maundy Thursday. Whether you are scrambling to finish a homily or find readers, or all set for the days to come, or wondering where to squeeze in time to ponder the Resurrection in the midst of scenes of the arrest and the Crucifixion, we’re here for you. Join the conversation in… Read More
Narrative Lectionary Special Edition: Maundy Thursday
Narrative Lectionary preachers have already passed by the typical gospel lesson for Maundy Thursday, the story of the footwashing in John 13. Instead we are well into the story of Good Friday, which is okay if your congregation is accustomed to going there on Thursday (for instance if you have combined Communion and Tenebrae into… Read More
Maundy Thursday: Wash, Pray, Love
Lent Out of ashes – an invitation to a holy season – From which we have journeyed over rough and rugged terrain. It always is. rough. rugged. rocky. Because life is. At least life can be. And yet, through the rocky places Jesus walks with us, God is present, love come down, and we journey… Read More
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