I think we live our whole lives in the Saturday of Holy Week. This day between crucifixion and resurrection is perhaps the best picture of life on this earth. I’m not the first to call this out, but every year I find this a helpful reminder that this day of silence, this day of grief… Continue reading Living in Saturday
“Hosanna!” is the cry of Palm Sunday. It’s a cry of adoration and at the same time desperation. It’s a cry our hearts knows in certain seasons. It’s this weird combination of praise while simultaneously begging, “save us!” There is blessing declared by the crowd the lined the roads waving palms and laying down cloaks.… Continue reading Hosanna! Save!
Have you ever had a situation with a friend or family member in which you hit a point in the conversation where one or both of you just needs to hit "pause" and get some space. You need to go to another room and continue the chat at another time. This could be in good… Continue reading Can I Just Get a Little Space?
Series Note: This year I got to write some prayer guides/reflections to be used in Lenten prayer stations in the chapel for the students, faculty, and staff at the university where I work. They are based on sections of Psalm 139 connected with scenes from Jesus' passion week journey to the cross. I hope to… Continue reading “Surround Me” – Lent Week 2 Prayer and Scripture Reflection Guide
Series Note: This year I got to write some prayer guides/reflections to be used in Lenten prayer stations in the chapel for the students, faculty, and staff at the university where I work. They are based on sections of Psalm 139 connected with scenes from Jesus' passion week journey to the cross. I hope to… Continue reading “Know Me” – Lent Week 1 Prayer and Scripture Reflection Guide
As part of my work at the university where I serve, I get the joy this year of helping plan some aspects of our campus-wide journey through Lent alongside our campus pastor and the students of our campus ministry team. This year Psalm 139 will be the main reflection for all our students, faculty, and… Continue reading Known – Lent 2023
I wake up and I know I need this week to be different. In these days of global pandemic, of soul searching, of anxious uncertainty, I know need this week, this Holy Week, to be one where I lean in and linger long and listen well. I hit play before my feet hit the floor… Continue reading “Save, now!” – A Palm Sunday Reflection
Reading through the events of Tuesday of Holy Week it's easy for me to get annoyed and even judgmental of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and other religious leaders of the day. It's easy for me, on the outside looking in, to think, "They were clearly astonished and amazed by Him, why wouldn't they just believe?... How… Continue reading Holy Week Tuesday: Giving Up Hypocrisy
Lord, Forgive me when my words are filled with complaints... to You, to others, to no one in particular. Forgive me when I get focused on the things that aren't going the way I would like or imagine and get my heart focused instead on the many ways in which you have blessed me. Forgive… Continue reading Giving Up Complaining
A couple weeks ago I was in the store and decided to buy a baptism card. That might seem totally normal, except I don't know anyone being baptized soon. In short, buying that card was a way to trust that God was going to answer one of my prayers for 2016: that I would get… Continue reading Giving Up Half-Hearted Prayers
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