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“In the late 1970s, Japanese Christian theologian, Kosuke Koyama’s book, Three Mile an Hour God was published. Jesus of Nazareth, who is God, walked at three miles per hour. God, who is love, walks at three miles per hour. Love has a speed, Koyama says, and that speed is slow. As we enter once again into Holy Week, what would our Holy Week be if more of it were at love’s speed?” asks Bishop John Roundhill
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“Children love opening up the eggs to discover what is inside. There is, of course, a twist when you get to the final egg (number 12) and the children realise that it is intentionally empty before finding out how this relates to the empty tomb,” says Bettrys Lowe from Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba
The World Council of Churches is providing resources – including a sample letter and ideas for distribution—that calls on the government of Israel and all governments worldwide to ensure unimpeded access to holy sites in the Jerusalem during upcoming Easter celebrations.
“A man called Bashkim had been walking for two days trying to get out of Kosovo after becoming separated from his family who had fled. At the side of the road he sees a torn photo, and upon picking it up discovers that the girl with fair hair and blue eyes pictured there is none other than his own daughter…Photo by photo, fragment by fragment he and 150 other men who had also been separated from their families were led up a trail into the mountains to be reunited with their families,” says Bishop John Roundhill, as he reflects on Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem
“No matter how hard you look, you won’t find ‘Easter’ in the Bible. The word ‘Easter’, that is; not the event itself,” says The Rev’d Selina McMahon, as she explores the word’s origins
Canon Sarah Plowman spoke with a number of clergy recently, and has been struck by some very moving reflections and activities keeping Christian community alive
“This Palm Sunday, many households are planning to put some extra greenery on their door, in their front window or on their letterboxes, expressing an at-home solidarity with the community they are a part of,” says The Rev’d Andrew Schmidt
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