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What is So Good About ‘Good Friday,’ Anyway?

The following is a conversation that my wife had with our five year old daughter, which she subsequently posted on Facebook.
Yesterday I was talking to the kids about Good Friday and Isabel said it should be called Sad Friday. She thought about it a minute and said that it is Happy Friday because Jesus died [...]

What is ‘Maundy’ Thursday, Anyway?

Yesterday I was telling some of my co-workers about our church’s upcoming Maundy Thursday service. Typically, our church celebrates the Passion Week with a Maundy Thursday fellowship dinner and communion service; a Good Friday service of confession; and then regular Easter Sunday services (of which most are familiar). As one of the few [...]