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Ash Wednesday: The Hands that Hold the Ashes
Image: Blessing the Dust © Jan Richardson Readings for Ash Wednesday: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b – 6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 (For the Ash Wednesday 2015 post, click Ash...
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Beloved: An Online Retreat for Lent 2015
I am still savoring the amazing experience of traveling with everyone who participated in the Illuminated online retreat during Advent. Inspired by that journey, I am back in the studio, preparing an...
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Easter Sunday: A Blessing for the Rising
Image: Risen © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter Sunday: John 20.1-18 or Luke 24.1-12 Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. —Luke 24.5 Risen For...
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Easter Sunday: While It Was Still Dark
Image: While It Was Still Dark © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter Sunday: John 20.1-18 or Luke 24.1-12 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to...
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Easter 2: Blessing of Breathing
Image: That We May Breathe Together © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter 2: John 20.19-31 He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” —John 20:22 You can almost feel...
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Easter 3: Blessing That Does Not End
Image: And Open Our Eyes to Behold Love’s Face © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter 3: Luke 24.13-35 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. —Luke 24.31 Following so close on...
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Easter Sunday: This Is Not the End
Image: Risen © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter Sunday, Year B: John 20.1-18 or Mark 16.1-8 If you are looking for a blessing, do not linger here. —from Easter Sunday: A Blessing for the...
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Easter 2: Still Breathing
Image: Into the Wound © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter 2: John 20.19-31 The wounds of the risen Christ are not a prison; they are a passage. —from Easter 2: Into the Wound The Painted...
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Easter Sunday: Where Resurrection Begins
Image: While It Was Still Dark © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter Sunday: John 20.1-18 or Luke 24.1-12 John’s Gospel tells us it was still dark when Mary Magdalene arrived at the tomb...
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Holy Week & Easter Sunday: We Begin in the Dark
Image: And Love Will Rise Up and Call Us By Name © Jan Richardson If we have grown weary in this season. If we have become overwhelmed. If we are living with fear or anxiety or worry about what lies...
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