Seven sayings from the cross... I adapted a reflection that emerged from the Hospice Chaplaincy Course I did more that twenty years ago (how is that even possible?).

A quiet and thoughtful service attended by around 20 people who wanted to experience something of the sorrow of the passion, and not race ahead to Sunday even before Jesus has died.

Afterwards we had hot cross buns and tea... and I am left wondering why it is that hot cross buns taste so much better on Good Friday than any other day of the year!

Following my own custom and practice, I now begin to work on the reflections for Sunday, without skipping past Saturday...

Fourteen of us gathered to share in a reflective service of Communion and Tenebrae for Maundy Thursday.  Adapting a script from around a decade ago for a new context... the readers did incredibly well and the mood was suitably reflective.  The original can be found here should you wish to purchase a useful little book.

One advantage of using pittas was that when I got home remarkably hungry, I was able to quickly rustle up a delicious halloumi and salad 'pocket'.

I always wonder, when we clear up, who cleaned up after Jesus and the disciples left for Gethsemane?  Maybe this was the day that Martha came into her own?