By Kelly Rhodes Adams Two days before Palm Sunday in rural Northeastern North Carolina, I passed a church sign that said, “Jesus is Risen! Let us celebrate the resurrected Christ.” Holy week hadn’t even begun yet. Where does our compulsion to skip the suffering come from? As a society we have become detrimentally averse to … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Holy Week
A place at the table
By Nell Green He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers and sisters or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, … Continue reading
Time That Does Not Stand Still
By Maggie Parker Time. Seconds. Minutes. Hours. Days. Months. Years. Time is something that seems to never quite stop, although in the moment, it may seem like one second could take up infinity. Yet looking back on that second, we wonder, “where did time go?.” We wish for time to slow down. We wish for … Continue reading
Una semana que se sintió como Viernes Santo
Por Paul Baxley Este domingo, los cristianos se reunieron en todo el país, y de hecho en todo el mundo, para celebrar el Tercer Domingo de Resurrección. Con nuestros himnos, oraciones, lectura y predicación, continuamos proclamando que Cristo ha resucitado de entre los muertos. El mismo que sufrió una muerte horriblemente violenta ha resucitado. La … Continue reading
Reflections for Holy Week – Good Friday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Reflections for Holy Week – Maundy Thursday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Reflections for Holy Week – Holy Wednesday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Reflections for Holy Week – Holy Tuesday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Reflections for Holy Week – Holy Monday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading
Reflections for Holy Week – Palm Sunday
Join CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley during Holy Week as we walk with Jesus through the final hours of his life as told in the Gospel of Mark. Meet the people who Jesus encountered in those final hours and see some unusual moments that challenge us to ask questions about our own life and faith. … Continue reading