One Eternal Day

Alan Jacobs : In our church, during Lent we use the old language from the Book of Common Prayer , in which we confess ourselves to be “miser...

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb by Hans Holbein the Younger Russell Moore: Good Friday is terrible, but it is also dramatic and full...

From "The World Needs to Recover True Lament. Christianity Can Teach It" In the psalms, lament is a structured form of prayer that...

A blogger I once f ollowed thought this a good hymn for Ash Wednesday,  "Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" ( Joseph Hart , 1759):...

Robert Duvall has died.  He was a great actor and was in several of my favorite films. Some years ago, at the beginning of Lent, John Nolte ...

From Augustine, "Exposition on Psalm 148": The subject of our meditation in this present life should be the praises of God; for th...

Some years ago, when a family in his community had suffered a terrible loss, a Lutheran pastor  preached an Easter Vigil sermon : .... For a...

From "Sitting, Waiting, and Hoping in the Tomb of Jesus" by A.J. Swoboda: .... Martin Luther said himself that Saturday was t...

Kevin Williamson: This week, Christians around the world will observe Good Friday, the most somber day on the liturgical calendar. The word ...

Kevin DeYoung: .... If you've never heard the term, it's not Monday-Thursday (which always confused me as a kid), but Maundy Thur...

A good Lenten hymn. The last two verses here were unfamiliar to me, but I like them. What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What...

Re-posted : I've posted about the Shroud of Turin on this blog several times . In 2009 I wrote : The Shroud of Turin is the one religio...

Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis were friends. CSL wrote about their relationship: "She was the first person of importance who ever wro...

Meir Soloveichik on "America and the Exodus" : .... Ben Franklin made this proposal for a seal for the United States: “Moses stand...

I've posted about the Shroud of Turin on this blog several times. In 2009 I wrote : The Shroud of Turin is the one religious relic that...

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Halle...

From "Sitting, Waiting, and Hoping in the Tomb of Jesus" by A.J. Swoboda: .... Martin Luther said himself that Saturday was t...

I've made a practice on Good Friday of publishing an excerpt from this article . From "On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ"...

O Saviour of the world, who by Thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed us, Save us and help us, we humbly beseech Thee, O Lord...

I have previously found this appropriate for Lent.   Gilbert Meilaender recommended  reading Dorothy Sayers's radio plays collected as T...