vol. 6, num. 6 :: 2007.03.23 — 2007.04.06
On the Western liturgical calendar, April 1 marks Palm Sunday, which leads us through the darkness of betrayal and suffering to the resurrection. Reflections on the end of Lent and the beginning of life in awareness of a new reality.
Holy Week exposes a subtle cultural difference with significant implications.
A reflection on the implications of downplaying the suffering memories of Good Friday.
At opposite ends of the Lenten journey are two paradoxical reminders.
A Palm Sunday meditation on the unspoken groanings of creation at the Lamb being led to the slaughter.
Seven reflections on psalms that bear the echoes of biblical narrative themes.
The Good News of holy week can be an awfully scary story.
On a mother's struggle to care for herself and her children in the wake of a Lenten suicide.
A review of Arcade Fire's newest release.
Reflection on experiences that flow between the community and the self.
A solitary journey into the woods leads to transformation.
Going without yields a lesson about the true substance of control.
Reflections on the April scripture texts from the Revised Common Lectionary (Cycle C) by Malinda Berry.
J. Sharlet writes about believing in resurrection.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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