Double Good Friday

Today we went to two Good Friday services. One at our ‘old’ church and one at our ‘new’ church.

In a simple sentence: it was really great. Two completely different services with wildly different music and visuals. Yet Theology was identical, the topic was identical, and even the outlines of the service seemed to be nearly the same.

This week I have also enjoyed the richness of remembrance on the web via blogs, facebook, and tweets of people from other denominations and Christian groups. It’s been a true life study of Ephesians 4 and 5.

I know Good Friday can seem like an odd holiday for non-believers. But this is it in a nutshell: That God saw fit to save a hopeless people by sacrificing himself in our place. Today is the brutal and ugly part of that equation. But Sunday is on it’s way, and that’s when hope became clear.

It’s been awesome to observe and share that hope this week in it’s many facets yet singular purpose. How beautiful is the body of Christ!