Glory Among the Nations: Seventh Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival in the liturgical calendar known as Eastertide or The Great Fifty Days. I'll be posting little bits of beauty each day of the Easter Octave and each Sunday following that. May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever.

LOOK: Easter 2021, Shin Maeng - Source

LISTEN: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus, Urban Doxology - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

READ: Ezekiel 39:21-29; Psalm 47; 1 Peter 4:12-19; John 17:1-11

(Open post to find the daily readings for the seventh week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Seventh Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. (email them to me or post and tag me on IG or FB).

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Vine and Vinegrower: Sixth Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! We’re in our final weeks of Eastertide and this week is a BIG ONE in the liturgical calendar. This Thursday, May 26 is Ascension Day which might be fairly familiar to you, but have you heard of the Rogation Days leading up to Ascension?

Read all the way to the bottom of today’s post to hear more about this little-known festival in the church calendar and one way we can mark these days together!

LOOK: Ascension (2021), Stephen Procopio - Source

LISTEN: Now the Green Blade Riseth, Steve Winwood - Lyrics | YouTube

READ: Isaiah 41:17-20; Psalm 148:7-14; 1 Peter 3:8-18; John 15:1-11

(Open post to find the daily readings for the fourth week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Sixth Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Share a photo-a-day to celebrate Rogation Days and Ascension with me this week!

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Great and Awesome: Fifth Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival in the liturgical calendar known as Eastertide or The Great Fifty Days. I'll be posting little bits of beauty each day of the Easter Octave and each Sunday following that. May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever.

LOOK: And the Mountains Rose (Psalm 104:5-8), Barbara Wolff - Source

LISTEN: Declaring Glory (The Earth Sings Its Refrain), The Porter’s Gate - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

READ: Deuteronomy 6:20-25; Psalm 66:1-11v; 1 Peter 2:1-12; John 14:1-14

(Open post to find the daily readings for the fifth week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Fifth Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: I am delighted to invite you to join the launch team for my first book! I can’t think of a better way to practice resurrection than to learn how to arrange our everyday lives around the restful way of Jesus, which is the theme of my book The Spacious Path.

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He Leads Me: Fourth Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival in the liturgical calendar known as Eastertide or The Great Fifty Days. I'll be posting little bits of beauty each day of the Easter Octave and each Sunday following that. May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever.

LOOK: I Am the Gate, Mark Cazalet - Source

LISTEN: Shepherd, Nashville Life Music, feat. Leeland - Spotify | YouTube w/ lyrics

READ: Nehemiah 9:1-15; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:13-25; John 10:1-10

(Open post to find the daily readings for the fourth week of Eastertide.)

PRAY: Collect for Fourth Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. (email them to me or post and tag me on IG or FB).

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Recognize: Third Sunday of Easter

Happy Resurrection Day, friends! Easter Sunday kicks off a seven-week festival in the liturgical calendar known as Eastertide or The Great Fifty Days. I'll be posting little bits of beauty each day of the Easter Octave and each Sunday following that. May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever.

LOOK: The Supper at Emmaus, 1983, Arcabas - Source

LISTEN: The Meal We Could Not Make, Son of Laughter - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube

READ: Isaiah 43:1-12; Psalm 116:11-16v; 1 Peter 1:13-25; Luke 24:13-35

PRAY: Collect for Third Sunday After Easter, the Book of Common Prayer

DO: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. (email them to me or post and tag me on IG or FB).

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Into your hands, I commit my spirit: Saturday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: I’ll Meet You In the Morning, Daniel Callis

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 88; Psalm 27; Job 19:21-27a; Hebrews 4:1-16

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Holy Saturday

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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It is finished: Friday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Calvary, John Martin - Source

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 22; Psalm 40:1-19; Psalm 54; Genesis 22:1-14; 1 Peter 1:10-20; John 13:36-38

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Good Friday

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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I thirst: Thursday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Eucharist, Daniel Bonnell - Source

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 102; Psalm 142, 143; Jeremiah 20:7-11; 1 Corinthians 10:14-17, 11:27-32; John 17

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Maundy Thursday

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?: Wednesday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: A boy fleeing the conflict in Ukraine walks past a crucifix with a suitcase after crossing the Moldova-Ukraine border checkpoint near the town of Palanca, on March 2, 2022, seven days after Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, Nikolay Doychinov/AFP - Source

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 55; Psalm 74; Jeremiah 17:5-10, 14-17; Philippians 4:1-13; John 12:27-36

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Wednesday of Holy Week

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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Here is your mother; here is your son: Tuesday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Easter, 1996, Laura James

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 6, 12; Psalm 94; Jeremiah 15:10-21; Philippians 3:15-21; John 12:20-26

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Tuesday of Holy Week

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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Today you will be with me: Monday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Latorlépés: Thief Step, Zellei Boglárka Éva

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Psalm 51; Psalm 69:1-23; Jeremiah 12:1-16; Philippians 3:1-14; John 12:9-19

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Monday of Holy Week

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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Father, forgive them: Palm Sunday, Holy Week Vigil

Each day of Holy Week, we’ll keep vigil with Christ, each other, and our own selves.

Look: Triumphal Entry, The (after Duccio), Wayne Forte - Source

Listen: Last Words - a playlist for our Holy Week Vigil

Read: Matthew 21:1-11; Psalm 118:19-29

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, The Collect for Palm Sunday

Do: Reflect on Jesus’ last words on the cross and your own lament stories.

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