Tag: easter
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Tracing the Tears – Resurrection #OurHolyWeek
This Holy Week, I’m going to be blogging each day, tracing the tears Jesus shed for Jerusalem to the tear filled eyes who first saw the Risen Christ. Throughout I’ll be following prompts from #OurHolyWeek “Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying.” John’s account of Jesus’ resurrection begins with tears. The tears of Good Friday…
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Tracing the Tears – Holy Saturday #OurHolyWeek
This Holy Week, I’m going to be blogging each day, tracing the tears Jesus shed for Jerusalem to the tear filled eyes who first saw the Risen Christ. Throughout I’ll be following prompts from #OurHolyWeek No one likes to talk about days like today. There is no drama, no battle, no victory. The grave is…
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Tracing the Tears – Sacrifice #OurHolyWeek
This Holy Week, I’m going to be blogging each day, tracing the tears Jesus shed for Jerusalem to the tear filled eyes who first saw the Risen Christ. Throughout I’ll be following prompts from #OurHolyWeek He gave up His spirit. Then the darkness. The torn temple curtain. The world changed forever in a moment. For us.…
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Tracing the Tears – Love #OurHolyWeek
This Holy Week, I’m going to be blogging each day, tracing the tears Jesus shed for Jerusalem to the tear filled eyes who first saw the Risen Christ. Throughout I’ll be following prompts from #OurHolyWeek Love. It can make us do strange things, can’t it? Things that to the outside world look strange, even laughable.…
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Tracing the Tears – Turning Over Tables #OurHolyWeek
This Holy Week, I’m going to be blogging each day, tracing the tears Jesus shed for Jerusalem to the tear filled eyes who first saw the Risen Christ. Throughout I’ll be following prompts from #OurHolyWeek Have you ever been so angry that you can barely speak? When you desperately want to get your point across,…
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Holy Saturday
I was reading this blog: http://holdthisspace.org.au/ when I came across this poem and it got me thinking… They call this day Holy Saturday when hope has died when God is dead and buried. They call this day holy because we finally understand what it is to be human and what it is to be divine.…
Rachael Newham 