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Easter Sunday: While It Was Still Dark
Image: While It Was Still Dark © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter Sunday: John 20.1-18 or Luke 24.1-12 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to...
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Easter 2: Blessing of Breathing
Image: That We May Breathe Together © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter 2: John 20.19-31 He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” —John 20:22 You can almost feel...
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Lent 3: What We Know in the Bones
Image: The Temple in His Bones © Jan Richardson Readings for Lent 2, Year B: Exodus 20.1-17, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 1.18-25, John 2.13-22 Christ’s deep desire, so evident on that day in the temple, is...
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Lent 4: Strange Remedies
Image: In the Wilderness © Jan Richardson Readings for Lent 4, Year B: Numbers 21.4-9; Psalm 107.1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2.1-10; John 3.14-21 Look on me and live, [Jesus] says. Turn your gaze, your...
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Lent 5: Testimony to the Mystery
Image: Into the Seed © Jan Richardson Readings for Lent 5, Year B: Jeremiah 31.31-34, Psalm 51.1-12, Hebrews 5.5-10, John 12.20-33 We work so very hard at letting go, sometimes, trying to train...
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Holy Thursday: At the Table, Speaking of Love
Image: Holy Thursday II © Jan Richardson Readings for Holy Thursday/Maundy Thursday: Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; 1 Corinthians 11.23-26; John 13.1-17, 31b-35 A blessing is not...
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Good Friday: Speaking, Still
Image: Good Friday II © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Good Friday: John 18.1-19.42 Each time we stretch out our arms in love to one another, every time we open our hearts, we find the shadow...
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Holy Saturday: Breathe
Image: Holy Saturday II © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Holy Saturday: Matthew 27.57-66 or John 19.38-42 Holy Saturday is not a day for answers. It is a threshold day, a day that lies...
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Easter Sunday: This Is Not the End
Image: Risen © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter Sunday, Year B: John 20.1-18 or Mark 16.1-8 If you are looking for a blessing, do not linger here. —from Easter Sunday: A Blessing for the...
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Easter 2: Still Breathing
Image: Into the Wound © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter 2: John 20.19-31 The wounds of the risen Christ are not a prison; they are a passage. —from Easter 2: Into the Wound The Painted...
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