Not exact matches
After all the controversy of last
week, it's tempting to turn this post into a discussion on gendered language
around the
Holy Spirit (feminine in Hebrew and Aramaic, typically neuter in Greek, masculine in this particular text), but that's just not how this passage is «singing» to me today, so instead I'd like to focus on Jesus» stirring and tender words in verse 18: «I will not leave you as orphans.»
This
week, The Liturgists released «Garden» — which combines music, prayer, poetry, and spoken word to create an honest and evocative liturgy
around Good Friday,
Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday.
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Holy Week, so I thought I would play
around with the crucifixion theme.
I like to take Sundays off now and then from church, and I'm not sure that it's as
holy as recognising that the Lord made Sabbath for us, not the other way
around, or if it's because I'm just tired out from a full
week of people - stuff, and I just want to go all pseudo-hermit, have a bit of worship that looks like soul - care.
When
Holy Week rolls
around, the practice will be expanded to everyday, with exceptions that I will wear shoes while I am «on the clock» at work.
It was a sort of added dividend that when
Holy Week and Easter came
around, progress through the letter had landed me precisely at Philippians 2:1 - 11: «And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.