This week: God as Holy Week. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . God as Holy Week brings worship to life. During Holy Week there was all the activity in the Temple and yet it lacked life - the kind of life that is fashioned by the one who rode into Jerusalem and then kept walking into the Temple to remind everyone of the life that comes when God's Reign settles in. God as Holy Week is humanity putting on the face of God and entering into God's living image. Often, Holy Week can become full of times of worship and meditation - that is fine and good. But I would suggest we all have the time and ability to put these Holy Week stories of ultimate giving and sharing into the pattern of our week. God as Holy Week is a story into which we are invited to journey - not knowing just how each event will take place but knowing that as God's image unfolds in our lives, we will being serving others and some may not like that service offered - for free. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. We will have 20+ people helping to hand out over 12,000 pounds of produce and perishables. We have been given a gift that allows us to pass on the gift and also be a gift. Last year many folks found out that as we spent those hours handling all that food and meeting those who came through the lines - we had the opportunity to simply bath in grace incarnate. God as Holy Week is that grace that fills us up and spills over so that the world may see and touch God's hands through ours. O God of love and new life, fill us with the power of life that you brought into Jerusalem and continue to bring into each day we enter. We long for that life and spirit. Amen. |
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