On Apr 16, 2014 ⋅ 3 comments
Holy Week offers itself to us as a time for prayerful reflection and examination of our actions, but also as a chance to engage in the Christian tradition of confession. Over the course of this past year, I have become especially aware of the straight privilege I am granted through my marriage to a man—even […]
On Apr 22, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments
Last year, I pondered upon our sinfulness at Good Friday. The day invites us to that humble prayer of confession. However, this year another aspect of Jesus’ ordeal leading to ignominious death fills my mind. It comes at the start of this day in Gethsemane, a garden about a mile from Jerusalem.
On Apr 2, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon Thee? Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone Thee! ‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied Thee: I crucified Thee. (The 1933 Hymnal, 158) On this deepest and darkest of days — the day we relive Jesus’ suffering and death — this declaration of my collusion in […]
