Reduce, reuse, recycle, so the saying goes. I’m taking the slogan to heart as we prepare to head into Holy Week. Having expended vast quantities of energy in this Lenten season, I’m going to seek some much-needed Sabbath during the coming week. Toward that end, I’m reaching back to the art and reflections that I offered during Holy Week last year. Call it my personal plan to avert an energy crisis.
Clicking the titles below will take you to the recycled reflections for Holy Week. May you find some some sustenance there.
Know that I’m holding you in prayer as we enter the mysteries of the coming days. Blessings to you!
Good Friday: In Which We Get Nailed
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April 5, 2009 at 9:22 PM |
Jan, seriously,
YOU ROCK.
Thanks for all of this.
April 7, 2009 at 2:32 PM |
Thanks, Karla! Back atcha!
April 5, 2009 at 11:02 PM |
Good for you, Jan! Thanks for the example of taking a Sabbath. I missed these entries last year, so I’m looking forward to the feast I’ll enjoy this week. They never get outdated, you know, because they are based on the everlasting scripture and your personal experiences. Love to you during this Holy Week.
April 7, 2009 at 2:34 PM |
Many thanks, Phyllis. Blessings and love to you and yours in this Holy Week. Thanks so much for sharing the path.
April 6, 2009 at 1:09 PM |
Many thanks! I also missed this last year, probably because my head was buried in the sand as I struggled over my first Easter sermon (after 6 years of ministry) in a new call. My view has broadened this year as I am working on my first Good Friday sermon. My struggles were deeply lessened by your reflections from last year. Highly helpful as I prepare for worship with another church in town – – two congregations that have alternated their times of ups and downs, but have ALWAYS loved and prayed for each other through those times. Right now it’s our turn to pray, and as you (and Peter Storey) point out, we do this because we have been brought together by love and pain. Many thanks!
April 7, 2009 at 2:40 PM |
Thanks so much, SheRev. Blessings to you as you prepare your first Good Friday sermon—what a powerful time to be preaching. Thanks also for your blog—for the insights and thoughtfulness you offer there, and also for the artwork you incorporate. I hadn’t been familiar with Chris Cook prior to my most recent visit to your blog—thanks for introducing me! The black and white and vivid blue in the piece you used are so striking.
Thanks again, and many blessings to you and your congregation in these holy days.
April 6, 2009 at 4:42 PM |
I was fortunate enough to have seen and read these last year, and particularly with the Good Friday reflection, I only have to revisit the title to recall our remarkable task and call you write about here…..like the story itself, these essays are not bound by time and can be relished again and again. When the ‘Painted Prayerbook ‘ print arrived, I remember looking to see if any of those from the Tridiuum were there; they are among my favorites [although that shifts, depending on the everchanging artwork you present!]
May this week be Holy Holy Holy for you. Have blessed days, Jan.
April 7, 2009 at 2:41 PM |
Many thanks, Carolyn—your words and presence on the path are great gifts to me in this Holy Week (and beyond). Thanks for revisiting the recycled reflections!
Holy Holy Holy to you, and many blessings–
April 7, 2009 at 2:28 PM |
Reading your Holy Week email and remembering to visit your blog brought me a wonderful calm stillness. Thanks for being you and sharing that in your way. Marcia
April 7, 2009 at 2:45 PM |
Marcia, what a treat to hear from you. Thank you! May you and yours have a blessed Holy Week and a joyous Easter. I hope the creative spirit will stir for you in wondrous ways in the days and months to come.
April 12, 2009 at 8:25 PM |
I am reading, for at least the 3rd time through, “In Wisdom’s Path” and now I think of her as a good friend, offering new and familiar words and insights throughout the year. Your blog offers the same gifts. So I’m grateful you gave yourself the gift of Sabbath in this Holy Season. And I’m looking forward to your next book! Easter Blessings!