April 13, 2012
Children sometimes ask us “Aren’t Lutheran people Christian?” In The Little Lutheran Barbara Jurgensen answers: Do you have a favorite flavor of ice cream? My favorites are butter pecan and pralines and cream. There are lots of other great flavors: chocolate, almond crunch, vanilla, peach, strawberry, cherry nut, chocolate chunk, raspberry — to name just [...]
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April 4, 2012
Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection are held together in one liturgy lasting three days (triduum). The liturgy of the Three Days begins on Maundy Thursday with an act of confession and absolution. This year, we revive the practice of footwashing, reiterating Jesus’ sign of communal love. “Mandatum,” the “command” to love, is the source of the [...]
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