by Stephanie Huffman | Apr 2, 2015 | Easter, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Maundy Thursday Growing up, I thought people were saying, “Monday Thursday,” and it always confused me a bit. But it’s actually “Maundy Thursday”. You’ll see church signs today (and probably have over the last week) announcing...
by Stephanie Huffman | Apr 1, 2015 | Easter, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Dark Wednesday, Spy Wednesday…I just call it Weird Wednesday. Throughout church history, this day in Holy Week has earned a few interesting names. Some scholars argue that today was the day Judas Iscariot made plans with the chief priests. (For 30 pieces of silver he...
by Stephanie Huffman | Mar 31, 2015 | Easter, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Holy Week – Tuesday. Knowing it’s His final week on this earth as a human, Jesus seems to be trying to get in every little last bit of business that He can before His departure. 1. The Pharisees try to trap Jesus into making a blasphemous, or rather,...
by Stephanie Huffman | Mar 30, 2015 | Easter, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Monday of Holy Week was a busy day for Jesus. Basically, He blew into town, blew up, then…blew out. Many of us forget what all went down the day after He got off that donkey on Palm Sunday. No warm and fuzzy Jesus here. We get to see what you might call His...
by Stephanie Huffman | Mar 29, 2015 | Easter, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Happy Palm Sunday! On the Sunday before Christ died, he walked the 2 miles from Bethany (where He was staying), into the city of Jerusalem. When He arrived, He rode in on a donkey. People were running out in front of Him throwing palm branches on the ground and waving...
