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“The second before the sun went out, we saw a wall of dark shadow come speeding at us. We no sooner saw it than it was upon us, like thunder. It roared up the valley. It slammed our hill and knocked us out. It was the monstrous swift shadow con
They stood at a distance while the women cried, brokenhearted, devastated, sobbing, and his mother beyond soothing. Support the show
Poetic reflection. When your hopes are dead and you're going to the tomb with an impossible stone to move, what will you do? Support the show
Excerpt from SHADOW PRAYERS. A poetic reflection on the bewildering sentence in the Apostles' Creed that says, "He descended into hell." Support the show
On a trip to Israel in 2010 I ended up voluntarily being locked in to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the traditional site of the crucifixion. As the crowds left and a handful of vigil-sitters and contemplators stayed behind, this happened. S
There are two charcoal fires mentioned in the gospel narrative of Holy Week. One is where people were warming their hands and identified Peter as one of the disciples. The other was on the shores of Galilee. Support the show
A poem about Tennebrae,f the observance of the deathly silence between crucifixion and Easter Sunday Support the show
Three poems about the pivotal day in the Christian story, full of every human failure and treachery and the heroic and inexplicable faithfulness of Jesus, immovable as all around him collapsed. All poems by Gary Furr."Good Friday""Pontius Pilat
The terrible silences of holy week give spaces for something radically new.. But we anre afraid, so afraid, that we are going to be alone, that we are forsaken, that there is only absence and death and decay. We talk about presence, but truth
A look at the last week of Jesus of Nazareth's life on earth offers a question for us all. When the end is near, how should I live? What would I do differently? Support the show
It is uniquely American to race past hard times and on to the future. As we still grapple with the upheavals of our society wrought by the pandemic, we crave normality without having to do the hard work of real understanding. As we enter Holy W
The question isn't how do we connect spiritual life and healing: it's how did they ever get separated in the first place. At a national conference for caseworkers, I shared six sentences for healing professionals. They're actually valuable for
It's worth it to look back when you know how. In this story from the fictional town of Mount Nebo, a young man finds himself returning to the place he said he'd never go, to live among people who were strangers in more ways than one. And the be
The odd coincidence of Lent on Valetine’s day leads to a reflection on the tension between letting go and taking up in this episode. A reading from my book, Poems, Prayers and Unfinished Promises. Support the show
Endless forgiveness or endless revenge? Reflecting on the bewildering teaching of Jesus from the gospel of Matthew. Support the show
Subscriber-only episodeShadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic YearWritten in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial div
Subscriber-only episodeShadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic YearWritten in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial div
Subscriber-only episodeShadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic YearWritten in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial div
Shadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic YearWritten in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial divide. Written copies ava
Subscriber-only episodeThe Introduction to the AudiobookShadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic YearWritten in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic,
Subscriber-only episodeShadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic YearWritten in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial div
Subscriber-only episodeShadow Prayers Reflections from a Pandemic YearWritten in 2021, Shadow Prayers is a Memoir of a Pastor's final year of ministry, guiding a congregation through the toxic time of pandemic, political division and racial div
Listen to the Lenten reflections from the Audiobook of Shadow Prayers: Reflections From a Pandemic Year. As the pandemic began its grim spread across the world, a collective isolation pulled humanity and its institutions into a crisis of meanin
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