Happy Easter! No, Really! Happy Easter!
Part 1 of series: Introduction to Eastertide: The Season of Easter No, I haven’t got my days mixed up. Yes, I do mean to wish you “Happy Easter!” You may be done with Easter Sunday services and Easter...
View ArticleFifty Days of Easter! What Would We Do?
Part 2 of series: Introduction to Eastertide: The Season of Easter In my last post, I shared my personal discovery of Eastertide, the fifty-day season of the Christian year set apart to celebrate the...
View ArticleCelebrating Fifty Days of Easter: Some Practical Suggestions
Part 3 of series: Introduction to Eastertide: The Season of Easter In my last post, I began to answer the question of what we might do if we were to celebrate Easter for fifty days. I explained that...
View ArticleHandel’s Messiah: An Unexpected Easter Masterpiece – Introduction
I ended my last post by promising to discuss one further piece of Easter music. Today, I begin to keep my promise. Several years ago, the choir of Irvine Presbyterian Church, along with a couple of...
View ArticleExamining the Words of Handel’s Messiah – Parts 1 and 2
Part 2 of series: Handel’s Messiah: An Unexpected Easter Masterpiece Today, I want to begin to examine the libretto (the words of the composition) of Handel’s Messiah to show its strong Easter themes....
View ArticleExamining the Words of Handel’s Messiah – Part 3
Part 3 of series: Handel’s Messiah: An Unexpected Easter Masterpiece Part III In yesterday’s post, I examined Parts I and II of Handel’s Messiah, showing that the birth of Jesus takes up only the first...
View ArticleEaster in Light of Lent: From Dust to Dust, From Death to Life
1 Corinthians 15:45-57 For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians...
View ArticleHappy Easter!?!?
2 Corinthians 5:14-17 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves...
View ArticleThe New Easter Greeting? “He is Risen! Find Us On Facebook”
In the gold ‘ol days, we used to say, “He is risen. He is risen, indeed!” Now . . .
View ArticleDescending Theology: The Resurrection
To match the Good Friday poem, one of my favorites. Descending Theology: The Resurrection By Mary Karr From the far star points of his pinned extremities, cold inched in—black ice and squid ink— till...
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