'Hope in Dying' Tagged Posts (Page 2)
What would you die for?
Archbishop Oscar Romero died in 1980 but was officially declared a martyr by Pope Francis just a few weeks ago. His death was public – in the middle of a worship celebration. He died preaching freedom and liberation for the people of San Salvador. This song is created from his own words “let my blood be the seed of freedom”. What would you die for? If you were to die for something or someone, what freedom would your death unleash? What…
Toward Sunday
We continue this week in our Lenten worship series, Hope in Dying, by turning to Mark 8.31-38. This reading is at the center of Mark’s Gospel. It marks a transition from Jesus’ ministry on behalf of the oppressed to the beginning of Jesus’ journey to the cross. We will consider Jesus’ call to “lose” our lives in worship this week. Fred Craddock, in Speaking of Dying: Recovering the Church’s Voice in the Face of Death, writes, If we as the church are to carry out…
Who speaks of death?
“The Christian church has always been cognizant of the need to prepare believers to face dying in a manner fitting to their essential nature as creatures of God – as being already dead, buried, and raised to new life in Christ through baptism, and sustained in that new physical existence by the Eucharist (Lord’s Supper) until called by their creator to the life of the resurrection. That commitment to provide for a good dying has taken different forms throughout history,…
Toward Sunday
We will gather this Wednesday morning at 7:00 am for Ash Wednesday worship. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent; a time of preparation for the mystery and hope of Easter. Ash Wednesday emphasizes both the ways in which we are prone to wander from God’s love and our human mortality. Join us at The Table Wednesday morning for worship that will weave music, prayer, readings, reflection, ashes, & communion. We plan to finish worship by 7:45…
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