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Plague-Waiting for an Eschaton – Plague Epistle XI

Plague-Waiting for an Eschaton – Plague Epistle XI

At some point, they stopped waiting... or at least stopped waiting so expectantly. For some, maybe the first or second generation of followers, they stopped after a few months. For others, it would be much longer. Others held true to the promise, to the hope. Jesus hadn't come back. But he said he would. And

Re-Membering in the Time of Trial

Re-Membering in the Time of Trial

What we have lost can only be remembered. And it is in the act and ritual of remembering, re-membering that together we create something new.

“This” and The Trauma of Easter – Plague Epistle X

“This” and The Trauma of Easter – Plague Epistle X

When we incorporate this virus into our daily rhythms and our children and grandchildren learn this time of human history, how do we explain it?

Encountering Death on Good Friday – Plague Epistle IX

Encountering Death on Good Friday – Plague Epistle IX

And with that, Jesus dies. Death surrounds us like we have never experienced and Good Friday strikes right to the heart. The single event of the Crucifixion overturned everything in the disciples' lives. The communal event of this plague has overturned everything in our lives. Death does not become. It always is. Today of all

Betray All Palm Sunday – Plague Epistle VII

Betray All Palm Sunday – Plague Epistle VII

So begins Holy Week in April, the cruelest month, in the midst of our creeping, wheezing plague. And today, Palm Sunday, is when we begin our collective betrayal of the Son of Man. Who else shall be betrayed? Today, we read in Matthew's gospel the Liturgy of the Palms of how Jesus fulfills Jewish prophecy