Our family’s Good Friday evening is being spent in the family room watching Jesus of Nazareth by Franco Zeffirelli. I think Zeffirelli’s Jesus film is one of the best available. It used to be at the top of the list for me, but was bumped when Mel Gibson made the polyglot (with subtitles) Passion of the Christ.
Posts Tagged ‘Easter’
Good Friday in the Family Room with Zeffirelli
A Gospel of Guilt, Shame and Fear
The message of easter is this: God thought you so special, so priceless, that he laid down perfection to reconcile and re-create relationship with you. That’s pretty special! Celebrate it freely! Be blessed this Easter.
Holy Week 2008
Holy Week 2008 begins tomorrow morning! Have a blessed and prayerful week! May you be visited by Father, Son, and Spirit, in the manner most needed. Peace.
An Emerging Church in Lancaster City
We are planning to hold a few sacred worship services and observances for Holy Week 2008 in Lancaster City. As most of my readers know, I’m part of a young church planting team in Lancaster, PA. The plant is called Inner Metro Green. Ours is an emerging church, absolutely dedicated to simplicity and missional living in our context. We are equally focused upon Sunday morning and incarnational house churches. We are dedicated to our city and her transformation. Everyone - and we do mean everyone - is welcome to join us as we all journey and grow spiritually together. So, if you are in Lancaster, and are looking for an emerging-missional church community with whom you can share Holy Week celebrations, you are welcome to share it with us! Read More
Have a Wonderful Easter Morning!
Mark 16: 1-8 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” 4 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. 5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” 8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Read More