This jazz-story was first told on Resurrection Sunday at Grandview Church, Vancouver. It creatively imagines how the whole creation may have responded on that day of Christ’s resurrection, by telling the story of Grey-Gum. Grey-Gum is an intuitive Australian eucalyptus tree, who dwells in the middle of a hot, oily, black bitumen shopping centre car park. I hope that you enjoy this jazz-story: “Once upon a time there was a
Thank you for joining us on-line! OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line. Remember we are currently showing the video of the service on a week’s delay. The video goes live at 8:00am. So this video is from Palm Sunday 24 March 2024 but is being shown on 31 March 2024. Pastor Mike is speaking both online and in person at OCC. God calls
Eugène Burnand’s 1867 painting The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection
Arise! People, lift up your eyes, Is. 51:6 And look toward the east; Ps. 103:12 For soon, the glory of the Lord will be revealed, Is. 40:5a All flesh will see it together; Is. 40:5b Arise! For the Sun of Righteousness will come, Mal. 4:2a With healing in His wings! Mal. 4:2b Bend your faces to the east, Is. 24:15 Awaken your eyes to the morning of our salvation! Is.
After the cross had been carried, After the weight is laid down, After the body is buried, Down where the darkness surrounds After the end of the violence, After the sky has gone dark, Now there is nothing but silence Broken by the beat of our hearts He’s gone. He’s gone. He’s gone. He’s gone. After the last words are spoken, We lay him down in the grave.
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion | Erbarme Dich, mein Gott | Iestyn Davies & Academy of Ancient Music
“Unless we walk through the darkness of Holy Week and Good Friday, unless we recognize the horror of sin and its consequence of Jesus dying on the cross, unless we experience the despair the disciples felt on Holy Saturday, we can’t fully understand the light and hope of Sunday morning.” ~Kathleen Stephens How many of our churches liturgize No-Name Saturday, the Holy Saturday Waiting Room – a place of
go on up to the mountain of mercy to the crimson perpetual tide kneel down on the shore be thirsty no more go under and be purified follow Christ to the Holy mountain sinner, sorry and wrecked by the fall cleanse your heart and your soul in the fountain that flows for you and for me and for all at the wonderful tragic mysterious tree on that beautiful scandalous night
The Triumph at Calvary, c. 1874, George Innessexp
James Tissot’s 1890 watercolour “What Our Lord Saw from the Cross” depicts Jesus’ death attended by uninterested Romans, scheming religious leaders, a handful of women, and the boy to whom he will entrust his mother.
