Easter at home!

There’s an interesting irony on the day after Jesus was crucified. The chief priests and Pharisees who were so concerned about the Law and often accused Jesus of working on the Sabbath go to Pilate on the Sabbath because they had some work they needed to do.

“My God, My God, why have You Forsaken Me?”

Maundy Thursday Worship. Remember Jesus.

For the past few days, I have been offering opportunities for people to come in small groups to receive the Lord’s Supper if they would like. We met in the Boettcher Center (our gym) with nine chairs spread out seven feet from each other.

We read in Mark 14 about a woman who anointed Jesus with expensive perfume. Some who were there began to criticize her for the apparent waste. The perfume could have been sold to raise a lot of money to help the poor.

With the celebration of Palm Sunday yesterday, our Holy Week observance has begun. On Monday of the original Holy Week, Jesus cleared out the temple. According to Mark’s account, “on reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there.

How are you doing with social distancing? Thank God that our Lord Jesus broke into our space so we can be with Him now and forever.

Beautiful Savior School is participating in a coffee fundraiser through Java Funder to help us make improvements to our gym! For every coffee purchase or subscription, we receive 25% (not including tax or shipping). The funds we raise will help us add bleachers and refurbish the wood floor.

My daughter Marissa shared a story about Christian Yelich taking time to play catch with a 12-year-old boy named Tate. Then my son Isaac texted that today would have been the first varsity baseball game of the season. And so what does a Dad who loves his son and baseball do? He texts back: “Wanna have a catch?”

At my wife Ellen’s urging, I took a few hours this afternoon to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather – sunny skies, temperatures in the mid 50’s, and just a hint of a breeze. So a little after 4:00 p.m. we found ourselves with our dog Jingles on a trail at Mitchell Park in Brookfield.

Lord, stay with us. We want to remain with you.

One of the challenges that comes with having online worship opportunities is the whole matter of obeying copyright laws. While we do pay fees to licensing services to be able to reproduce music in the bulletin and on the screen, those licenses do not necessarily cover everything that is done online. Thus, the music we’ve been using is done with special permission.

I was going through some pictures on my tablet the other day and came across a family picture taken at Beautiful Savior two years ago on Easter. I decided it would make a very nice background on my screen. Not only do I get to look at my loving family, but I also have the reminder that in Christ we have the eternal victory.

Advent in Lent? There is much we can learn from Mary about trust in the midst of challenging times.

There was a time in my life when I used to love riding rollercoasters. I would often sit in the first row so no one blocked my view of what was coming next. If it was a steep drop, bring it on. A corkscrew taking me upside down? Let’s go.