Today is Good Friday. Traditionally it is a somber day. Churches gather for worship at mid-day or in the evening. We sing sad songs and remember the life of Christ.

Isolation is truly heartbreaking. We all need to know that we are not forgotten, that someone cares for us, that we are loved. We all need the tangible embodiment of the love of Jesus found in another person who offers comfort and care.

A daily prayer for April 9, 2020.

Well, it's Maundy Thursday of what is most definitely the strangest Holy Week in my memory. Maundy Thursday is the day in which Christians recognize Jesus' last supper with his disciples before his betrayal and we commemorate Jesus' controversial act of washing the feet of his disciples.

Have you ever felt your hope fade after God behaved in a way you didn’t expect Him to? Or desperately needed Him to? Perhaps it is easier than first thought to place ourselves in the Good Friday crowd, after all.

How a defeated people saw beyond mere survival remains mysterious. Yet to travel among the alleys and canals of remarkable Venice, is to be aware of a miraculous transformation. Somehow in the aftermath of losing everything, refugees had faith…