GOOD FRIDAY • APR 3 The Worst Day in the Christian Year? Read Luke 23:32–34. Then Jesus said, “Father forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” (v. 34) Though it is called Good Friday, today is, in many ways, the worst day in the Christian year. This is the day we […]
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THU • APR 2 Sacred Fellowship Read Luke 22:7–23. “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” (v.15) This day, Thursday, is the last time the disciples are all together before Jesus’ crucifixion. It is the day that Jesus breaks bread, lifts up the cup, and says the familiar words
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WED • APR 1 Read Psalm 46. Be still and know that I am God. (v. 10a) Scripture is silent about what happens to Jesus and the disciples on this day. We can only guess. Maybe they were exhausted from the money-changing incident in the temple on Monday and the flurry of activity on Palm
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TUE • MAR 31 Betrayal Read Luke 22:3–6. So he consented and began to look for an opportunity to betray him to them when no crowd was present. (v. 6) On Tuesday, Judas agrees to betray Jesus. This is the day he negotiates with the Sanhedrin. As I reflect on Judas’s story, I wonder about
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MON • MAR 30 Cleaning House Read Matthew 21:12–14. Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of he money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. (v. 12) Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling
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Jesus was just born, and now we’re on the way to his death and resurrection. Lent is just around the corner. I’m not the only pastor who is exhausted and overwhelmed by this every. single. year… Right? But here we are, lent is upon is. Maybe the lesson is, ready or not, Jesus grows up,
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If I had a dollar for every time a mother said to me (about parenting) “make sure you enjoy it, because it goes by fast,” well, I’d definitely not have to say to Clayton “Not today because mama doesn’t have any dollars in her purse” when he’s asking me to go on that train in
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I’ve been thinking a lot about creativity recently as my book inches (and simultaneously sprints) toward the finish line. The whole process of coming up with ideas, letting them take root in my mind, writing them down, spiffing them up and sending them out into the world (with a team of people) has been hard
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