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What is Palm Sunday?
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, the last Sunday of Lent. It’s the day we remember Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. Jerusalem at this time was preparing for the Passover celebration, so it would have been teeming with both residents and pilgrims....
What is Lent?
This sacred season finds us in the forty days (forty-six, if we count Sundays) prior to Easter Sunday. The early church used Lent as a way to prepare hearts to celebrate the resurrection. This is a season of reflection and repentance, often alongside fasting. Lent is...
What is the season of Epiphany?
Up until recently, the liturgical season of Epiphany meant little to me. One of my Catholic grandmothers refused to take her Christmas tree down until Epiphany, insisting that Christmas didn’t end until January 6th, when the wise men arrived to see Jesus. I didn’t...
Thirsting for More
I’ve been spending a lot of time at Jacob’s Well with Jesus and the Samaritan woman. This was a challenging story to keep within my word count. My research led me to think and pray on so many different nuggets, so despite a looming deadline, I can't move on until I...
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