Lent 2024 – Surprising Hope
Transcript of Jarrod McKenna’s Lent reflection on Isaiah 42:1-4 for Common Grace’s 2024 Lent Series
Bible Verse - Isaiah 42:1-4
Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen one in whom I delight;
I will p...
An Interview with Tennessee Activist, Justin Jones, On the #March4Mercy: “God is calling Us to Be on The Margins”
On April 21—just days after Easter—Oscar Smith is set to be executed in Tennessee. The state has 32 people currently on death row and though they have written a letter to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to invite ...
The Holy Thursday Revolution
This table is the hinge of history. The table is the point. Thursday is the Last Supper and the First Feast. The Holy Thursday Revolution.
The Weight and Wait of Tenebrae
Light seems so much brighter when we are emerging from the darkness. This is why I need that
Tenebrae service, to sit and bear witness to the darkness, to recognize it, and then to surrender it.
Not surrender to the darkness, but to surrender the darkness.
Stations of the Cross Illustrated by Tennessee Men on Death Row
May these paintings open our hearts up to the profound depth of God's love, and may they stir in us a passion for extending that love and grace to others. It is our hope that contemplating the execution of Jesus does something to us, in us. We pray that as we reflect on the love of God, it transforms us into people who are merciful and who are committed to ending the death penalty.
Easter Won’t be Cancelled
Perhaps the lesson of Easter still stands: no stone, no guards, no jeering crowds, no pious bureaucracy, no political compromise will ever hold back, or even begin to contain the living Truth.
Easter, Extinction, and Nonviolent Direct Action
If Christmas is the season to be jolly, maybe—if the Gospels are anything to go by—Easter is the season for Christians to go to jail.
Via Dolorosa, Minneapolis: The Suffering Crowd
With each tearful testimony, I think of what happened on that street in Minneapolis, as regular people watched heartless authorities while a man died unjustly. And I remember what happened on a street in Jerusalem two millennia ago.
Easter Encouragement for the Spiritually Homeless
I can at least aim for a level of peace that transcends understanding. “Christ The Lord is Risen Today” will surely be available on YouTube.
Together, Apart, Together: Living into Easter
An Imperial crucifixion and tomb could not hold Jesus, nor will a pandemic hold back our love for each other that gives us hope for a better future.