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Good Friday in the Gospel of John (19:16-30)

On April 2, 2021 By Derek MelansonLeave a comment

So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. …

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A Prayer of Confession

On April 1, 2021 By Derek MelansonLeave a comment

In a day when too many avoid personal responsibility for their actions and blame external factors, other people, and institutional systems for their wrongs, prayers like the one below remind us that each of us is a sinner. If I do something wrong—something sinful—I am to blame. I am culpable. Too often we behave like …

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Living Our Holy Week

On March 28, 2021 By Derek MelansonLeave a comment

Today is Palm Sunday and is the beginning of Holy Week, that week in the church year where we acknowledge and celebrate Jesus’ journey to the cross and eventual resurrection. It is also the end of the Lenten season, a period of sacrifice, repentance, renunciation, and fasting. When I think of Jesus during this time, …

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