Apprentice 2 Jesus

Resurrection Sunday

  • Walking through Holy Week

    The high point of the church calendar is this week. All of it. Not just Easter Sunday. Let us walk with intentionality and not rush to resurrection. God handled death. Don’t be afraid to remember and draw near. This is the way of the cross. Read more

  • Holy Week Reminder

    A tweet from Ben Cramer (who I don’t know but this is really good): We want the war horseJesus rides a donkey. Read more

  • Holy Week

    We are about to enter Holy Week in the Church. This marks the most powerful week to commemorate in the life of the Church. It is time to follow him into the hardest places to find the deepest power. It it time to sit with him as he looks over the city of Jerusalem and… Read more

  • Holy Saturday

    O Lord, why do you cast my soul away?Why do you hide your face from me? (Psalm 88:14) Read more

  • The day the revolution began

    I wrote some thoughts on this Good Friday about why I stay in faith. I needed to reflect on all of this in a time when it’s truly a temptation to “walk away.” Why do I stay? I didn’t want to wreck the format of copying and pasting, which often gets messed up, so I… Read more

  • The goodness of this Friday

    Almighty God, we beseech you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the Cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Read more

  • The beauty of Maundy Thursday

    Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who lives and reigns with you and the… Read more

  • Maundy Thursday prayers

    Almighty Father, whose most dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it in thankful remembrance of Jesus Christ our Savior, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who lives and reigns with you and… Read more

  • We rise to resurrection — LIVE in that immense power

    Exodus 12:1-14 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take… Read more

  • Holy Saturday

    Lamentations 3:37-58 37 Who can speak and have it happen     if the Lord has not decreed it? 38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High     that both calamities and good things come? 39 Why should the living complain     when punished for their sins? Read more