Good Friday, 2020: The Garden of Loss
On Friday, we'll create space to experientially place ourselves in the midst of Jesus' final hours, where lament and loss are palpable. How is the lifted up Savior drawing all to himself? And how can the most ugly act in history become a beauty that will save the world?
Maundy Thursday: Peace I Give You Meditation
Maundy Thursday, 2020: The Garden of Grief
Through music, meditative prayer, and Scriptural reflection, we'll listen in on Jesus' final words to his followers in the Upper Room. With the disciples, we'll breathe in Christ's Spirit of peace for difficult days. Finally, we'll travel to Gethsemane, kneeling in the garden of our own grief as we learn to say "thy will be done."
Daily Office Readings for Holy Week (April 5, 2020)
The Upper Room Anchor
Imaginative Reading: Jesus & Lazarus (from John 11)
The Parish Gathering – March 29, 2020
Worship, prayer, and liturgy from The Parish for Sunday, March 29, 2020.
My Uncle’s Heart: On Love, Grief, and Hope
Throughout this unique season, we're inviting members of The Parish community to share reflections from their own lives. In this post, Melanie Heineman shares her eulogy for her Uncle, who passed away last month. In Melanie's reflections, we find a…
“Fear is a Liar”… is a lie?
In this episode, we reflect on fear. In the midst of so much unknown, fear is simply a reality for all of us in our own ways. How can we navigate our anxieties, stressors, worries, anger and irritability in a way that is spiritually formative and emotionally honest?