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Tag Archives: Easter
Easter International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, 2024
On Maundy Thursday afternoonwe followed a man with a water jar,a transgender personin the euphemism of the day,to find the house with the upper roomand prepare the Passover Mealthat became a Last Supper. Feet were washed,bread was broken, wine poured.There … Continue reading
Keeping it light — welcome to the sunrise service!
We wish we could invite you to for breakfast, but we don’t.We wish we could pass the peace, but we can’t.We wish we could sing, but we won’t,We wish we just could see each other’s lips moving … not this … Continue reading
Holy Communion Liturgy for April 4, 2021
Some churches will be sharing Holy Communion through a virtual platform on Easter Sunday. Some host a hybrid sanctuary with some people in person and others online and hope that that those members of the congregation will not feel secondary. … Continue reading
Guest Post — Greeting from Repulblic of Georgia .. for Easter this coming Sunday
Dear Friends — I am so glad to share an Easter greeting from Malkhaz Songulashvili, Baptist Archbishop of the Peace Cathedral in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. Dear Friends, In Georgia we will be celebrating Easter a week later but it … Continue reading
Another resurrection appearance – in Lahore
And so he is walking in the Gulshan Iqbal Park, and he asks – do you love me? And we answer — yes, we love you. We have celebrated Easter with bright alleluias, lilies, sunrise services. And he says, grieve … Continue reading
The parable of my meniscus
I left my cane somewhere … again. Things didn’t seem too bad and I put it down, but now my knee hurts from my toes to my shoulder and I retrace my steps very, very slowly. It’s a bit like … Continue reading
Guest post — A Maundy Thursday Story and an Easter Sunrise Poem
Larry Trent sent me a story about his own experience with footwashing. May it touch your heart. Pam Spain wrote an Easter poem. May it move you on the way. A Real Life Foot Washing Experience for Maundy Thursday with … Continue reading
Palm Sunday and Easter Doxologies
Rev. John Danner, Pastor of the Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ in Sanibel, Florida writes every week a new Doxology for his congregation to sing. The meaning of “doxology” is words of praise and so there are new words … Continue reading
Are you present? An anticipation for Easter
It is Maundy Thursday. For my posting it is too late for liturgical resources for clergy for Holy Week or Easter, but not too late to think about how we respond with love to the folks, often called Christmas / … Continue reading
Two poems from South Africa
Isobel DeGruchy writes: I wrote an Easter poem this morning, having in mind largely those who neglect Easter these days. In SA Good Friday and the Monday after Easter are Public Holidays so we do have the problem of a … Continue reading
Gifts in Open Hands 