Category: Holy Week
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Join The Protest – Reflections On Holy Week And Easter 2026
Happy Easter! I hope you are Eastering well. Below are my reflections for Holy Week and Easter Sunday this year. Most years I find and follow a thread through Holy Week to Easter. This year the thread was protest. I don’t mean protest in the sense of simply being a dis-agreer. To protest is to… Read more
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Feeling Overwhelmed And Powerless? – A Holy Saturday Reflection
Overwhelmed and powerless. I’ve had days like that, you probably have too. What were they like for you? What happened? What were the conversations in your head? What feelings, memories, hopes did you carry in your heart? On those days I feel small and insignificant. Circumstances feel large and heavy. I feel pressed down and… Read more
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Maybe The Cross Is What It Is – A Good Friday Reflection
I don’t know how to explain the cross and the crucifixion of Jesus. It makes no sense to me. I understand the theories of atonement, but not the cross or why “Jesus had to die.” Though I understand the many explanations, I find them less and less convincing or helpful. Maybe there is nothing to… Read more
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What’s New About Love? – A Maundy Thursday Reflection
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another” (John 13:34.), Jesus said after washing the feet of his disciples. (John 13:1-17, 31b-35) So, what’s new about love? What makes this commandment, this love, new? Love is not an idea original with or unique to Jesus and he wasn’t the first to command… Read more
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No Kings – A Palm Sunday Reflection
This Saturday, March 28th, is the third No Kings Day protest and Sunday, March 29th, is Palm Sunday, but here’s what I wonder: What if Palm Sunday was the original No Kings protest? What if Jesus, the disciples, and the crowd that follows Jesus are protesting violence, injustice, and imperial power? Instead of protest songs… Read more
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Waiting For A New Truth – A Sermon On Matthew 27:57-66 For Holy Saturday
I thought October 1st, 2009, was the worst day Cyndy and I had ever experienced. That was the day our older son died. Then October 2nd came, the day after. I thought May 24th, 2022, was the worst day Uvalde had ever experienced. That was the day of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.… Read more
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Dying To Tell The Truth – A Sermon On John 18.1-19:42 For Good Friday
“That’s not a ditch I’m willing to die in.” You know that saying, right? You’ve probably heard others say it. Maybe you’ve said it. The thing that strikes me about that saying is that I’ve never heard anyone say, “That is a ditch I’m willing to die in.” Have you? And neither have I said… Read more
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Reclaiming The Truth Within Us – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday
This night always brings up a lot of stuff for me. I think it does for a lot of people. Maybe that’s one of the reasons it’s not well attended and why most do not participate in washing feet. That’s not a criticism, just a recognition that this night brings up a lot of stuff.… Read more
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Our Self-Betrayals – A Sermon On John 13:21-32 For Wednesday In Holy Week
Over the years I’ve developed a pretty big soft spot for Judas. When I look at Judas I see myself. It wasn’t always like that though. For a long time Judas was simply the betrayer of Jesus. And that’s all he was, all he’d ever been, and all he would ever be. That’s probably what… Read more