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Peter’s Revelation
Part One See Luke 22:54-62 Kindly let me ring that rooster’s neck – the one who crowed before you gazed on me, and drained my face of all its blood. I collapsed amid my heaving sobs, my bold...
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My Good Friday
I once swam in liquid darkness. I could touch it, feel it, taste it, and smell it. It was far more sinister than the mere absence of light. It was an amoral creature with a deep, bloodcurdling...
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Good Friday, 2011
By Charles Redfern An Infinite Being confronted with horrible but finite Evil could choose from infinite options. He could sweep Evil and its allies into the fire – and many would cheer until they...
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Peter’s Resurrection
Note: I published these poems two years ago. I’m recycling them in light of tomorrow’s celebration. Part One See Luke 22:54-62 Kindly let me ring that rooster’s neck – the one who crowed before you...
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Holy Week’s Dangerous Messiah
By Charles Redfern, first published on http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-redfern/. Imagine my shock when I saw how my childhood’s domesticated Palm Sunday steered me into a domesticated Holy Week...
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Holy Week, 2014: A Time of focused worship
Christians are now remembering those climactic, universe-rattling days, otherwise known as Holy Week. Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and reaches its zenith in the three days of the Easter Triduum...
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A Maundy Thursday Prayer
I can feel your broken heart, O Lord, as you watched the fingers reach for food in your final Earthly meal with your disciples. You saw the gulf between them and you. Some banally argued over rank...
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When “Religion” doesn’t describe it
The term “religion” turns pallid on Good Friday. It’s an ashen and anemic word. It needs to gulp down aspirin and climb back in bed. The term conveys systems and structures and institutions, whether...
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The Week of Weeks
Kneeling at the Cross Road – Freedom Series – Prophetic Art by Gwen Meharg We’re about to enter those climactic, universe-rattling days, otherwise known as Holy Week, which begins on Palm Sunday...
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