04/15/2025
Holy Week (this week!) is the week where the church (both East and West this year) comes together to remember the life, betrayal, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
We are a "resurrection" people, a "good news to share" people as the church, but that isn't some happy-go-lucky "bless your soul" southern nationalist idea of skipping over the hard parts and ignoring the suffering and hardship of life.
The life-death-cesurrection cycle is happening all around us, in the seasons, our families, our countries of origin, and in countless more places. We can't have Easter without the suffering of "good" Friday.
This week, we remember, but we also connect to our own suffering stories, our own lives, our cities and the world at large who suffers.
This week we rest in knowing that resurrection is baked into the creation cycle; it is loss, burial, and death that birth new life.
This week we celebrate the new life that comes, in cracks that let the light in, and in graves that won't hold back the good news.
Join us.