Quite the title, isn’t it? Yes, The Promise of Despair: The Way of the Cross as the Way of the Church by Andrew Root has quite the suggestive title, but that is part of the point. This is a book about death, in both a literal and symbolic sense. Death is not limited to people […]
Health Care and a Theology of Death
Perhaps it is healthier to be prepared for death and die younger than it is to be afraid of death and constantly try to delay the inevitable. I’ve been trying to keep up with the health care debate since it is a pretty big issue, and there’s been one tactic that has me a bit […]
A Maundy Thursday Meditation: Praying with Jesus in the Garden
One of the last pieces of our youth Maundy Thursday worship service. Prayer seems like an appropriate thing to do on this Holy Saturday. After washing the disciples feet, after eating the Last Supper, Jesus finds himself in the Garden of Gethsemane, doing what he often does: praying. He prays for us, his disciples, knowing […]
A Maundy Thursday Meditation: The Last Supper
This is another part of our worship service from last night regarding the Last Supper. It seems fitting on this Good Friday. On this night we remember the meal that Jesus gave us, the meal that we celebrate every week. A piece of bread, a sip of wine. This is the body and blood of […]
A Maundy Thursday Meditation: Washing One Another’s Feet
I wrote the following for a portion of our youth’s Maundy Thursday worship service. We based the service off of Bonhoeffers famous quote, “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” We tried as best we could to make the worship service feel like a funeral and tried to tie in the […]