Passion Week
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What’s So Good About Friday?

John 18-20 It was barely Friday when Judas kissed Jesus in the Garden. Oh, that pretentious kiss. Proof he had given his heart to another. Soldiers followed close behind the betrayer. They just kept coming, rank and file, with their lanterns and swords. Ready for a hunt. A fight. There was no fight. Jesus replied with a simple, Continue reading
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Eat. Love. Pray

MATTHEW 26; LUKE 22; MARK 14; JOHN 13-15 It’s Thursday. Jesus and His Twelve returned to Jerusalem, for the time of Passover was soon. Streets were still crowded. But a place was reserved just for them. A borrowed room. At evening they gathered. Can you see them there? Around the table, a bit crowded, each leaning Continue reading
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The Waiting of Wednesday

Wednesday morning came. We aren’t sure what Jesus did, but He awoke in Bethany again. Perhaps He had breakfast with His dearest friends. A long slow meal, His last with these friends who had followed Him these three years. Listened. Followed. Loved. And, oh, He loved them, too. He knew they didn’t fully understand what Continue reading