Welcome to the Holy Week series!
This past week Easter has crossed my mind a lot. I can not think of a time where I wasn't at church or with my family for Easter. It has been very difficult not seeing my family and most of my friends during this time. But I got to thinking, Jesus probably felt very alone in His final week too. So I wondered how could I connect to Holy week? How could I celebrate Easter? I thought back to all the ways my churches growing up would commemorate Holy Week. There are many practices that I haven't done in years, and there are parts of Holy Week I simply forget about.
Since we have copious amounts of time, I decided now may be the only chance to walk, in depth, through Jesus' life during Holy Week. Where was Jesus each day? What was significant about that Day? How can I pay tribute to the events?
I felt this same longing from some of my friends, so I decided I wanted to revisit and reimagine old practices! Some are new to me and my version of the practice might be more of a nod to the original than a replica. I will try my best to honor their intentions while adapting it for my own intentions. I apologize ahead of time for taking creative liberties and perhaps breaking away from tradition. But at the end of the day, We are the church that is not allowed to go to church...so we must improvise my friends!
Also, some of the timeline for Holy Week is a little vague, so if I get something wrong please give me grace!
Here is what you can expect this week. Each day the post will include:
1. Scripture Passages about the events of the day
2. Reflections on the passages
3. Theme of the day
4. Solo and or Group Practice.
One thing that is apparent to me about Holy Week is it requires us to feel all of our emotions to their fullest. Holy Week is when we as Christians experience the height of our despair as well as our joy. There will be times of confusion and anger as well. We may be shut in, but it's a great opportunity to try new things! My hope is that we can all experience Holy Week differently than maybe we ever have before. And maybe, just maybe, The church won't feel so far away.
Blessings,
Hannah
P.S. Monday's post (today) will be up at 7 p.m
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