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Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, Christ the King, John 18:33-37

November 19, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 7 Comments

John 18:33-37

This Sunday is the celebration of “Christ the King,” the last Sunday in the Western Church year. Christ the King Mainline Protestantism seem to take this celebration in stride, as if it were as ancient and venerable a part of the calendar as Easter, or Lent, or even Christmas. The youngest of those key celebrations […]

Filed Under: Bible, Iconography, Monday Meditation Tagged With: Christ Pantokrator, Christ the King, John 18:33-37

Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 6:14-29

July 10, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Mark 6:16-29

This Sunday’s lectionary Gospel text is an odd one. Go read Mark 6:14-29 for yourself and let me know if you think so too. I’ll wait. Doo dee doo, dee dee dum … Okay, you’re back. Why is it an odd text? Here’s why I think it’s odd: Jesus doesn’t show up. Mark 6:14-29 It […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Iconography, Monday Meditation, Saints Tagged With: John the Baptist, John the Forerunner, Mark 6:14-29, RCL 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time

What Was Holy Saturday About?

April 17, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Writing

Christ is risen! That really makes all the difference. Or at least we know that it should. My fellow Protestants, as I’ve noted before, have a hard time really focusing in on just how Christ’s resurrection makes the difference. We are so committed to preaching only “Christ and him crucified” that we find ourselves inextricably […]

Filed Under: Church Year, Iconography, Music, Theology, Worship Tagged With: Harrowing of Hell, Holy Saturday

Writing (A “Benedictory” Column for the Presbyterian Outlook)

April 6, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Writing

I’m back! As of today my right hand is no longer in a splint. The last six weeks of being functionally left-handed have been full of challenges. Not least of these was the inability to type. I gave myself a break from blogging. I hope you’ll still find my site and come along for the […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Heidelberg Catechism, Iconography, The Inner Life of the Writer Tagged With: Presbyterian Outlook

Writing, Despite It All (The Writer’s Inner Life)

March 6, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

I was doing what I normally do in the late afternoon: cooking dinner for my family. I was cutting up an onion with an 8 inch chef’s knife. I was holding it the way chefs teach you to hold it. A jolt of pain shot through my right hand. The knuckle of my middle finger looked […]

Filed Under: Iconography, Prayer, The Inner Life of the Writer

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