Good Friday – The Rev. Beverly Patterson

Good Friday 2022

I don’t need to try to explain to you what hard times, fear and death are like. We are in the middle of them at the moment. It is tangible, you can almost smell it. We have been fortunate. For most of us here, the danger and the death is out there. Close, lurking, butContinue reading “Good Friday 2022”

Good Friday 2021

Several times in the gospels, Jesus challenges one or more people to “take up [your] cross, and follow me.” This challenge is found in all three of the synoptic gospels, and occurs long before Jesus is crucified. So what did the cross represent before Jesus’ crucifixion? What was Jesus telling the people to do? CrucifixionContinue reading “Good Friday 2021”