For Holy Saturday

Loving Lord, In the darkness of that brutal Friday, You, the righteous One, took upon Yourself the full weight of the world’s Sin, the ruinous brokenness and lethal Consequences of it all, for us all. You took it all upon Yourself, and to The end remained Yourself–calling for, Surrendering to, resting in Your Abba, Caring …

LENTEN LAMENTATION

At the end of this week followers of Jesus will bring to completion their Lenten observance.  They will have named and denied their self-life, shouldered the weight of costly self-sacrifice with Jesus, and come to the Garden and the Cross.  They will remember Jesus’ loud cries and tears at the cup handed him, and then …

For Palm Sunday

Loving Lord God,   We welcome you this coronation week, for you are the Lord, The Maker of Heaven and earth, the Lord enthroned above the heavens, approaching our world to reclaim it and us as your co-regents, hand-crafted, in-breathed, then regally commissioned! We welcome you, our only Loving Lord, strong and mighty,   Laying …

For the Fifth Sunday in Lent

Loving Lord, We would worship you today in Spirit and Truth, Which is good because we cannot gather with Others, as has been our practice from ages past! But though we remain un-gathered, still we “gather,“ Virtually and truly with myriads of the unseen hosts From before, from now, and also from hereafter, To celebrate …