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April 2, 2021, Good Friday, The Way of Cross

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Maren

This year the Via Dolorosawalks its bitter path through Myanmarand we follow in fourteen stations. Jesus is condemned to death in Yangon. Jesus is made to bear the cross in Naypyitaw,as Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing,shot before her twentieth birthday. Jesus … Continue reading →

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Guest Post — Elaine S. Gaitani — Beware the Illusion

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Maren

Holy Week & Covid -19 — Beware The Illusion! Rev. Elaine S. Gaetani Do not look for me in refrigerated trucks, I am not there, I did not die. Do not throw open the metallic back doors as you would … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for Good Friday in the Lent of Coronavirus

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Maren

God, each of us knows a modern-day Simon of Cyrene who carries this year’s cross in direct service to those who are ill, and each of us tries to sit pieta, that we call shelter-in-place, holding on fragile knees the … Continue reading →

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Guest post — Tawdry Thursday/Friday

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Maren

Todd Jenkins writes, “Some of this was written a few years ago. I ran across it yesterday while looking for something else. I’ve reworked parts of it and added the beginning and ending parts. I’m thinking about using it this … Continue reading →

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God in your mercy, Venezuela

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Maren

God in your mercy, Venezuela, for there is Good Friday this year — where the sick are not healed, for lack of medicine, where the hungry search and search but find no food, where violence walks the streets in uniform, … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Iskandariya

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Maren

God, we lift up the cross in Iskandariya, the pietas of families with their grief, those who feel fear wondering what good friday will come — to a soccer game, an air flight, a ride on the subway. We do … Continue reading →

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Two guest posts from Aotearoa/ New Zealand for “Good” Friday

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Maren

Two very different writers, connected by their home country are writing about the Friday on which we recall the resurrection. Beverley Osborn, of Stewart Island writes “Easter Friday” Today it’s Easter Friday. There are those who call it Black Friday, … Continue reading →

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Lenten scripture for reflection — Good Friday

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Maren

(Galatians 3: 27; Romans 13:4) In imagination I’ve seen Calvary, from various perspectives — the foot of the cross with the faithful women, and the disciple responsible for eldercare, or further – a crowd, listening to forsakenness, cheering vinegar, or … Continue reading →

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Good Friday Poem from South Africa

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Maren

Isobel DeGruchy of South Africa has written a villanelle for Good Friday. I’m sharing it early for those who might want to include in in church worship or devotions. I Watch as Soldiers Hang my Friend up High I watch … Continue reading →

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Beatitudes from Famous Last Words

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Maren

Beatitudes for very particular people “I thirst.” Blessed are active and recovering alcoholics — and all who come out of surgery and are longing for that swab, those ice chips, for they will find living water. “Truly, I tell you, … Continue reading →

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