Holy Week ponderings

/ The Pastor

Greetings everyone!  God bless you this Holy Week and beyond.

It has been a couple days since I have posted something so I wanted to write and update you on how my life is going and talk about the thoughts running through my head right now. 

Today is Maundy Thursday so I am in the midst of finishing that message up.  I am planning on talking about this "New Commandment" that Jesus gives to love one another.  After all, the word "Maundy" means commandment.  Tomorrow is Good Friday and I still have some finishing touches to put on that service.  Basically the service is one of contemplation.  I will be reading the Passion story, offering up a short reflection after certain selections and then allowing a couple minutes of silence for prayer and contemplation.  I have never done this before so I am curious how it will be received.

Then there is Easter.  The text I am using is the Resurrection account from Luke.  The question that the angels ask the women is one I find myself pondering, "Why do you look for the dead among the living?"  Isn’t that exactly what we have a tendency to do?  I am planning on getting a little "feisty" (did you catch that Kara?) on Sunday.  I am planning on asking people, especially the CEOs (Christmas Easter Only people) why they are searching for the living among the dead?  Why are you searching for meaning where there is no meaning?  Why are you searching for life where there is no life.  If you were searching for a child who ran away from home, you would not look in the cemetery.  You would search for them among the living.  People who don’t come to worship or who do not know Christ need to know that our only true source of life is in Jesus Christ.

Outside of Holy Week preparations life is good as well.  Connie’s sister came for a visit last night with our one year old nephew, Micheal.  We had a great time watching Micheal run around and explore the house.  Tomorrow is my "day off" but I got a feeling that won’t happen.  Oh well, I am on vacation next week so I will get caught up on resting then.

Anyway, I need to return to the task at hand.  God Bless and take care.  May the joy of our Lord resonant loudly in your heart.  -edh-

2 thoughts on “Holy Week ponderings”

  1. Eric

    God Bless 🙂

    How to get the CEO’s to come back?

    There Souls will never die ?
    Hell needs workers?
    Jesus Loves you

    If I was a pastor, cause Im not, I would encourage people on Easter to watch the Passion Movie, to show How Much Jesus loves us.

    Thanks for the good words.

    Are you useing the new red Hymnals?

  2. For the third year now we have shown “The Passion of the Christ” on the evening of Palm Sunday to kick off Holy Week. This year I plan to show “The Nativity Story” around Christmas time. Both movies are great evangelism tools.

    How does one get CEOs to return? I just keep preaching the Gospel and loving them. The Holy Spirit will do the rest.

    Thanks for the comment. God bless.
    P.S. We still use the green LBW. We will be looking at the new ELW at some point.

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