Good Friday is the last of the events of Holy Week. The day with the most ironic name in history. It’s the day on which the worst thing that could possibly happen took place. Yet it is also because of this day that we have a restored relationship with God,
Where would you have been on Palm Sunday? I think we’d all like to say that we would have been part of the crowd lining the streets throwing off their coats, waving palm branches are crying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” They were happy to have a king riding
When I was in grade school my teacher assigned a Lent activity that involved illustrating a Lent hymn picked from the hymnal without adding the name of the song from which we drew inspiration. She then put them up on the bulletin board and throughout Lent the class tried to
Maundy Thursday is an action-packed day. There are so many different angles to explore. Jesus gives his disciples the Last Supper, and they celebrate communion for the first time. Our Savior washes his disciples’ feet teaching them to live a life poured out for others. Judas betrays Jesus to his
I love Holy Week. My dad and husband are both pastors so it seems I’ve always spent more time at church than at home during Holy Week. But really that’s the best place to be in the week leading up to Easter. Christmas has so many activities and traditions outside
God likes to use numbers to talk to his people. The number twelve represents completion–twelve tribes of Israel, twelve disciples. Seven is the number for perfection–God created in seven days. The number eight is the start of something new–eight people were saved on the ark, Jesus rose on the eighth
Do you observe a Lenten fast? Each year my husband and I pick something to give up for the forty days before Easter. As they get older my sons are participating in this tradition as well. Sometimes it will be a particular treat we enjoy or a pastime that we
I love the season of Lent. I enjoy going to church for mid-week services. Also, I like the contemplative songs and the focus on repentance, and I like the fact that the beginning of Lent means that Easter and spring can’t be too far behind. The season of Lent was
Do you so through Lent devotional books with your students or family? I’ll admit it’s not as conventional as Advent devotions, but they can be just as meaningful as those traditionally done in the month of December. It takes a little bit more work to commit to forty days of
Lent is a long season. Most of the time it’s cold and dreary outside, and Easter and spring seem very far away. But luckily Lent gives us a little something special before we settle into 40 days of somber faces, somber churches and somber mindsets. Lent kicks off with Ash
