We rejoice that Jesus lives on, as we all will, in the reality we call God. Lets extend our hands over one another for a final blessing: May you have the power to live life fully. jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); Risen Christ, The world despised and rejected you. It began to seem like the only way to get Crystals hand out was to break the family heirloom. we gratefully receive the Easter offering. good times, bad times - give me some of that: blogging on faith and life. Winter, with its cold and dark days has gone, just as Good Friday has passed to Easter and beyond. 4810 Pt. Whether your interpretation of the resurrection is literal or metaphorical, Easter morning is always welcome. Tis the season of resurrection. If theres one thing Ive learned after nearly a quarter of a century of preaching on the subject of resurrection, its that when it comes to resurrection, we look for what we have been conditioned to see. I dont know about you but when that giant phallic ship was trusting into the wild blue yonder, I became somewhat indignant. Now, talk of the mid-night sun always took me back to my childhood memories of my Dad reciting the Robert Service poem, the Cremation of Sam McGee. Death, not even violent death at the hands of a powerful empire could keep Jesus commitment to compassionate resistance to the forces of empire from those who longed for the Shalom of the Reign of GOD which Jesus proclaimed with his life. Why: This is an Evolutionary Moment. A neighbour suggested Vaseline. Most Australian Anglicans use A Prayer Book for Australia (APBA) as the basis for our common prayer. The Liturgy of the Hours includes several specified times of prayer. Second Sunday of Advent. Amen. Alleluia! If you look into the dust for long enough and contemplate its mystery, you shall find a resurrection. All risings of the human spirit are preceded by brokenness, loss or rejection. Forgive us, Merciful One. Not all of us are up to the challenges. Surely, today, when troops are again amassing in Europe and the world cant seem to sake itself loose from the myth of redemptive violence, surely today, it is time for us to move beyond thinking of DIVINITY as the ultimate purveyor of violence and Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Continue reading . It took the Church until 1991 to concede that Galileo and not the writer of Joshua was right and that the Earth did indeed revolve around the Sun. So, I invite you to see for yourselves. *The ThanksgivingLeader: Lift up your hearts. When our heartbeats returned to normal, we decided that wed made a clean escape and we chose not to share the adventure with our sleeping parents. I know it is much easier to poke fun at billionaires and lay the blame for suffering at the feet of self-serving fools. Unlike our ancestors who succeeded the writers of the bible and went on to develop the theology of the church, we dont believe that the round earth is the center of the universe. Resurrection is not a solitary endeavor. We proclaim and celebrate this Easter season because it links Jesus with all life, with transformation, and with possibility of life beyond our imagining. But those fools made their billions serving us, satisfying our desires, fortifying our comforts, delivering our lifestyles to our doorsteps. //jQuery('#submit-action').attr('href','/paupress/?rel=contact&pau_form=contact_form'); Free from images and idols created by the inhabitants of a universe of misconceptions, we can abandon lives devoted to a god preoccupied with judging our journeys end, dispatching us to Heaven or Hell. Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, Mass During the Day: O God, who on this day, through your Only Begotten . Our focus upon preserving the church gets in the way of our rebirth! Well, like, this egg falls off the wall and if you study biology or physics, you know you can never put an egg back together again. We must put aside our expectations of a quick and easy fix and settle in for the difficult generational evolution of our species. Others, they looked confused and terrified as they are loaded on board trains. The story I want to tell you comes from the Irish author Frank McCourts autobiography entitled Tis. How safe? Enjoy! May 23, 2022 | Father's Day, Uncategorized. I failed to capture the sunset. and the capacity to give people an experience of God. Thats why, as we explore the meaning of [], John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:50:58+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:48:30+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, John van de Laar2023-02-22T21:46:03+02:00Feb 22nd, 2023|0 Comments, By admin|2023-02-06T21:10:20+02:00Feb 6th, 2023|Categories: Lectionary Resources, Year A|, 02 April 2023 And so Holy Week begins! Neither Anna nor I knew we were engaged in a long pointless argument which had been going on since round about the fourth century. Scholars tell us that the letter was written between the years 53 and 57. Glory be to you, Lord Jesus. At this point, we would do well to remember that CHRIST is not Jesus last name. Jeremiah 33:14-16. To be ransomed from our very selves, ransomed from the fear which holds us captive to empires built on the backs of the poor. If it doesnt is it my heart or is it the worship that is dead? But way back then; the bay was only accessible by the most treacherous of logging roads. I fumbled for my phone and hopped out into the frigid air desperate to capture a photograph which has always eluded me. The PROMISED ONE has come not to be served, but to serveto give one life in ransom for the many.. Is that right?, Crystal was a little breathless from all the crying she had been doing and all she could manage was a whimpered, Mmm hummm. Honey, tell grandma the truth now. I thought, or hoped, sometimes even believed that the myth of redemptive violence could no longer tempt me. The eradication of poverty lies not in our efforts to escape the challenges of life in this world, here on this planet. I found out later that dozens, I mean dozens of young people were slain in the Spirit, that is, struck down onto the floor, writhing and shaking, hootin and a hollering. It does sadden me that succeeding generations have projected their own violent proclivities onto the DEITY and offered up various atonement theories which rely on the DEITY embracing our primitive reliance upon violence. }); 2 0 obj So much so that they confessed their desire to stay with Jesus in the splendor of that mountaintop. 4 0 obj if ( thisact == "contact" ) { This, dear ones, is Good News indeed! } ), The pattern of death and resurrection is the pattern of all our creating and all our loving. Evening Prayer Audio the silences are intentional. Thanks be to ALL that is HOLY! Crystals mother tried to move quickly without panicking. LORD'S PRAYER C: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. The irony of having Pauls rhetoric used as a bludgeon by those who insist on a physical resuscitation of Jesus corpse, well the irony is lost on most Bible thumping fundamentalists who have engaged me with their own brand of humourless rhetoric. It was quite a beginning to what promises to be an exciting journey. %PDF-1.5 It does not surprise me that Paul may have framed Jesus death in the context of both Pauls own Jewish sacrificial theologies and Romes violent philosophies. When I opened it, I found several passages of scripture written out in Annas immaculate style. All who are truly sorry for their sins, who sincerely believe in the Lord Jesus as their Savior, and who desire to live in obedience to him, are now invited to come with gladness to the table of the Lord. DONATE NOW! Let us be LOVE in our lives here and now so that peace can break out again, and again, and again. Can you drink the dup I will drink or be baptized in the same baptism as I? We can, James and John replied. There was work to do. Lectionary, study and worship resources from Faith Futures Jesus Then & Now. But in my heart of hearts, I know that I must learn to see the face of CHRIST in my enemy. Crystal sobbed. You placed within us and within each plant and animal of your creation amazing abilities to form and nurture new life, so that your creation might be renewed, reborn, season by season, child by child. Her unseen hand was stuck inside her great-grandmothers vase. You see having a brother who was just 18 months younger than me meant that I had ample opportunities to hone my wrestling skills. But there is more going on in this story than just the literal words on the page. jQuery(document).on('change', '#submission-action', function(){ Weve heard these interpretations of Jesus life, death, and resurrection so many times that they have almost become indistinguishable from the idol that we have created to stand in for the Mystery that we call God. Amen. In my sacred imagination, I can see the Apostle Paul smiling and nodding. Crystal had always been told that one day the magnificent vase would be hers. Jesus existed within time whereas the CHRIST exists in and beyond time. All risings of the human spirit are preceded by brokenness, loss or rejection. We lift them up to God. But if this MYSTERY really is BEYOND the BEYOND and BEYOND that also, and we are in GOD and GOD is in us, then every character in every parable you have ever heard is in GOD and GOD is in every character. Amen. we invite your life to fill us; (LogOut/ Limitations which the evolving nature of our understanding of reality compel us to reject. Join Us over Zoom, Tuesdays beginning February 21st at 7pm! John 1:1-5, Captain Kirk and His Merry Band of Billionaires! One of the whales rose out of the water and as she came crashing down, I marveled at the magnificence of this beast. But when I became an adult, I put childish ways aside. A natural body is sown, and a spiritual body is raised up. Christianitys morbid preoccupation with Jesus violent death will not usher in the Kin-dom of DIVINITY which Jesus lived for. Infused, inspired, and incarnating as CHRISTs body, as LOVE here and now in this place and in this time, we are anointed to this bring Good News to the poor and to free the captives! It occurred to me the other day, that it is quite peculiar that most of what has been written about Jesus in the New Testament and indeed our liturgies, even the hymns we sing about Jesus they tend to shift our focus to Jesus death. Bit by bit, hope has begun to build upon hope as we look forward to Spring when we call launch forth into fuller more robust living. Change). if ( thisact == "contact" ) { The sequence of death and resurrection is the pattern of all creating and of all loving. I dont mind confessing my own fear. I am using it this Sunday and sharing your credit information! Resist the empires to which we have lost the justice which has the power to create peace. To free the captives? God is with you! Jesus life reveals images of God that point far beyond the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, to the Ultimate MYSTERY that lies at the very heart of all reality. Traditional interpretations of the life of Jesus insist that Jesus sacrificed himself, took all our respective punishment onto his shoulders, died for us, upon a cross, so that our relationship to our creator could be restored. Such a strange dualism to entertain on the surface of a frozen lake, beneath a clear blue sky, staring out at a horizon, I have all too often entertained. Forget about the rude remarks. /* But sometimes letting go is the only way to preserve the integrity of the heirloom. Jesus suffered the worst of his worlds violence. By your Spirit unite us with the living Christ and with all who seek to follow in his life-giving way, One: On this day, we shout Hallelujah! You are saved by the gospel if you hold firmly to it unless it was for nothing that you believed. The followers of Jesus stood up and got on with the business which was begun by Jesus. Apparently, my body language suggested that I was filled not with the SPIRIT but with Satan himself. I am tweaking this for this Sunday credit to your site will be given. We thank you, God, for the incredible gift of Jesus, the Word made flesh. A Liturgical and Devotional Guide for Lent. Frame 1: We are about to enter a world of life-giving beauty. Resurrection is beauty appreciated, love shared, justice implemented. All rights reserved. Just like Thomas, who had the good sense to doubt the resurrection, most of us have been conditioned to look for the physical resuscitation of a corpse; a bonified, pardon the pun, a bonified, actual physical body, complete with wounds and all. All tears are part of the river of life. Heavenly bodies have a beauty of their own, and earthly bodies have a beauty of their own. Hosanna in the highest. It is hard to maintain the heights that we attain on the celebration of Resurrection Day. thanksgiving prayers A reading from 1st Corinthians chapter 13: When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. Do you still have a hold of that candy? Mmm humm. Christ is risen! The BASILEIA ton THEON may not yet be the world we live in, but the BASILEIA ton THEON is already here. Neither of us had heard the word atonement before. window.location.replace('https://progressivechristianity.org/paupress/?rel=pauContent&pau_type='+thisact); Longing to experience and share the fullness of Life that you offer, We dont have to travel to Europe or Afghanistan, or Syria, or Myanmar to catch a glimpse of the EMPIRE of DIVINITY, for the not yet REIGN of LOVE is already here. When humankind struggles, we all struggle together. Risen indeed! For us, Jesus can be the medium through which the Mystery we call God can be imagined. Perhaps someone will ask, How are the dead to be raised up? And swim we did all the way back to shore. Revealing your love, radiating your life, Jesus taught those who listened to him, Liturgy - Easter Liturgy Index Next Easter Day In Western Christianity, Easter marks the end of Lent, a period of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, which begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts forty days (not counting Sundays). I had this wicked arm-hold sleeper, and that together with my full Nelson followed by a knee-arm press, was guaranteed to have my brother screaming uncle and agreeing to be my obedient servant until in no time at all. For he is risen, and nothing separates us from Gods love! Your rhetoric is sublime! And our Creator needs us to pay for our sinfulness. }); Alleluia! The Parliamentarians victory may have looked like the way to peace, but it was no peace at all, it was as Dom Crossan puts it, just a lull in the violence. Leader: Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord has prepared this table for all who love him and trust in him alone for their salvation. Only a foolWould sweep and sweep and sweep, leaving her purse unguarded, to search for one lone coin. See if you can pick them out. As different as night and day these 21st century events are brought into focus by the first century story which just happens to be the assigned Gospel reading for this Sunday. Your support is needed to help ProgressiveChristianityorg. I had been watching the media reports for days, not really believing that war was imminent. We gaze upon creation where erosion makes it known, In the 17th century, Galileo Galilei a personal friend of the Pope, published a paper demonstrating that the sun could not possible revolve around the earth. Forget for a moment the layers of interpretations offered by generations of Jesus followers who have interpreted that little word ransom as some sort of cosmic escape clause offered by Jesus as a way out of the trials and tribulations of life on this planet. Paralyzed by their fear, hiding behind a locked door, something happened which gave them the strength to burst forth from their own tomb and change the world. Today, during this season of Easter, our doubts about the possibility of resurrection are not as important as our doubts about the possibility of peace. Thats where youre opponent wrenches your arm behind your back and applies just enough pressure to cause pain, but not enough to break anything. None of us believe that we live in a three-tiered universe. No wonder Jesus took Peter, John, and James up there to pray. Christ is risen. Disco dancing is one thing, but being slain in the SPIRIT, well lets just say, Theres a reason Im a Lutheran pastor. Liturgy Ideas. endobj I can only hope that each of you, have endured such moments in your life. The text is taken in large part from Martin Luther's Small Catechism, with which Zinzendorf . Jesus insisted with all that he is, that justice and not violence is the only way to establish and maintain peace. For there is no division within the divine. We give thanks for the spirit of new life active in our lives as it was in the life of Jesus. If we begin with what is actually happening in these parables, we will have to confess that these parables of the lost and the found are simply outrageous. These days they are called orcas. I could feel the temptations to violence rising in me. Contact Us. Easter communion liturgy, involving children Ana Gobledale, UK. BAT KOL, the DAUGHTER OF A SOUND or as some translations put it the DAUGHTER OF A VOICE. Do you grant permission to use (with credit) for worship? Let us give thanks to our Creator. One morning when I was about 13 and my brother was 9 and a half, we were going at it, and to his credit my bother had me in an ingenious hold. Jesus called them together and said, You know how among the Gentiles those who exercise authority are domineering and arrogant; those great ones know how to make their own importance felt. Posted by mictori in Church Life, Holidays, Liturgy, Pop, Communion, Communion Liturgy, Easter, Easter Communion, Easter Communion Liturgy, Easter Morning, Liturgy, non-violent Communion, progressive Christianity, Resurrection. Your email address will not be published. I first heard it at a retreat on the West Coast a lifetime ago), In this fast paced world of ours, I often find myself in little Crystals predicament. He enacted peace in the midst of violence, love in the face of hate, Hell, I dont want to see it. Standing beneath a clear blue sky, looking out towards the horizon, I tried to breath in some of the vastness which stretched before me. McCourt asks: Who says its an egg?, Of course, its an egg. Letting go of our carefully crafted and tightly held images of the ONE who IS the SOURCE of ALL BEING is a daunting task. Or better still, let me cling to the promise of a Saviour who will carry us out of this world and into the next, at no cost, free of charge because Jesus paid the ransom for my soul. Many: On this day we shout, Christ is risen! Fortunately, the youth hostel was full, and we were forced to hike up and out of town to find a suitable spot to pitch our tents. He greets us with peace the world does not know. This weeping CHRIST plays on an endless loop in my mind unravelling my carefully constructed images of the DIVINE MYSTERY which is the LOVE we have the audacity to call GOD. var thisact = jQuery('#submission-action').val(); Try as I might, I could never convince either of them that I was saved by grace. We pray with faith and confidence. Your coming we await with hope. If you have already donated, thank you! Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. This year, we at Holy Cross are giving up God for Lent. It is long past time for us to move beyond arguments about a physical resuscitation of Jesus body. Im a scientific kind of guy and to tell you the truth Come then to the joyful feast of the Lord! <>>> I was unbeatable. Pain and suffering perpetrated by our species vain conviction that violence is the way to peace. After warming myself on my cars heating vent, I caught sight of sundog begin to emerge as the Sun was still setting. These parables have an air of foolishness about them, if we see them as simple stories told by Jesus about the way a personified god loves us. Resist the distractions of all that we have, all our treasures, our land, our homes, all the trappings of the empires in which we are entangled. Easter or New-life event. Youre not a lost sheep, or a lost coin, or even a lost child. This story with which we have been conditioned to look at the issues of our doubts about the resurrection itself, was written in the midst of colossal violence, violence which had escalated in the 70 years since the execution of Jesus of Nazareth. And now let us recite a creed, that is, an affirmation of faith, based on a contemporary view of Christianity: We believe in God, the power of life, love and being, We believe in Jesus, who revealed the good news. While greasing her childs wrist like a cake pan, she asked the obvious mother question. How in the world did you do this, child? Crystal carefully explained that she had dropped candy down into the vase to see if she could still see it when it was at the very bottom. God at that moment was transformed into a violent, murderer, willing to put my beloved Jesus to a torturous death. To climb down from our lofty positions of wealth and privilege in order to serve the poor? O Little Town of Bethlehem - Spoken Word - Christmas Mini Movie. But Jesus did not let them linger for very long. You sent your only-begotten,in whom your fullness dwells, He suffered and died because of his refusal to participate in the death-dealing violence of the world. But then I looked at the readings assigned for next Sunday and discovered that, yet another section of 1st Corinthians 15 is included. The storyteller writes: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Free from misguided struggles to appease the idol god of our design, we are free to see beyond our blind self-centered desire for a life beyond this life, free to see the face of DIVINITY in our neighbours face, free to see DIVINITY in the majesty of the Cosmos, and in the beauty of the Earth. What can Jesus teach us about God? The concluding prayer of thanksgiving was (heavily) adapted from a prayer by Katherine Hawker. We give thanks for the way he opened our minds and hearts to see and appreciate the intimate and never-ending connection between loving and the spirit of love. *Easter Peace Beloved in Christ, God's love pours out from the grave of despair. I also want you to resist making the story all about you. Strip away our biased convictions so that through our selfless giving we can gaze clearly on your vision for our lives. Let us pray for the intentions within our hearts: We know that when we raise our minds and hearts to the Presence among us, extraordinary things happen. It wasnt until this endless loop exposed the presence of yet another face of CHRIST that I begin to be transfigured. Once again, I struggled to keep a straight face. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. What can progressive Christians say about the story of Easter? if ( '' != thisact ) { Exposed to the vastness of the Cosmos, it was the ancient story of a Three-tiered Universe that inspired not murderous intentions in me, but rather the euphoria of freedom from captivity to the limitations of our ancestors imaginations. Then one day that perfect relationship was severed when for one reason or another the humans disobeyed the rules established by the creator. The liturgy was adapted by Dr. Bert Polman from a form prepared by the Liturgical Committee of the Christian Reformed Church for use during an Easter Service; this liturgy can be used for all Sundays in Eastertide. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. Metanoia is an invitation to think new thoughts. It can be deadly. and for the mystery of life beyond death. From desert cliff and mountaintop we trace the wide design, Please come, the meal is ready. Little did I know that in 1977 it would take me almost three days to travel the more than 1,000 km; a trip which included disembarking over and over again to lend a hand to the conductors as we worked together to clear the tracks of snow. I only know that they appeared to follow in my footsteps in the snow as they ventured out to the place where the Cosmos had made itself known to me. Only a fool would leave to search for the stray who might be wounded, damaged, dying, not interested in being rescued. And all the kings horses and all the kings men, couldnt put Humpty together again. Entering the synagogue on the Sabbath, as was his habit, Jesus stood up to do the reading. To ask the question of whether the resurrection is true, and to mean by this that only a resurrected corpse constitutes such proof, is to impose the standards of the modern mind upon a pre-scientific culture of myth and magic. He was teaching in the Galilean synagogues, and all were loud in their praise. You and I are the wealthiest followers of Jesus who have ever walked the Earth. We must be punished. We remember that his disciples met him on the road. ), try clicking on the name of the season or celebration in the list of "Labels" at the lower right side of the page, or see this . Only a foolWould know the joy, the absolute delight of finding what really isnt needed. And we who listen to the stars, or walk the dusty grade You would be correct to conclude that I do believe in resurrection. Contemplating the miracle that these parables survived, were told over and over again, written down and preserved by people persecuted by empire, I have to believe that they are more than nice little stories all about how we should live.They have to be more than mere speculation about the character of YAHWEH, casting the CREATOR of ALL that is, was, and ever more shall be as a fool. The endless loop projects many faces of CHRIST. And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Easter Sunrise We encourage you to celebrate the Resurrection with your family (and perhaps with neighbors, safely at a distance outdoors) by worshiping the Lord at sunrise using the liturgy below. Resurrection is about seeing behind and beyond death, ugliness, injustice, pain and despair. Frame 10: Always remember the compliments that you received. We can be transfigured by the face of CHRIST which is revealed to us through the tears of all who suffer the ravages of injustice. So, the thing about stories, really good stories is that they have a life of their own. One of the authors of the Book of Genesis described creation like this : And God said, Let there be afirmamentin the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 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