Some deep questions and froyo

This week at biblestudy we started reading Luke chapter 22 which is the start of the passion of Jesus. We read through how Judas decided to betray Jesus and the last supper. We had a lot of questions and interesting discussion. Here are some of the main ones that we talked about... interesting things to think about.

How did the masses of people go from believing Jesus as the messiah to shouting Crucify him?

If it was God's will for Jesus to go to the cross, why was it bad for Judas to betray him?

Peter denies Jesus, Judas betrays Jesus... why is Peter restored and Judas not?

Why did Jesus take bread and say - this is my body? What does that mean?

When Jesus died on the cross, did God die? did a man die? did God leave the man of Jesus?

When Jesus rose again - was it the same body? (people didn't recognize him, but he had scars, he could walk through walls, but he still ate food.)

Our brains got tired, so we decided to go eat frozen yogurt. We'll continue to read this story next week so if you have comments to share, we'd love to hear em.

Drumming a Sacred Passion

In this most holy of weeks, Crossings came together to remember the passion story. Starting with the raising of palms and the joyous entry into Jerusalem - we followed Jesus on his road to the cross.

Drums, images and words guided us through this sacred story and we participated in it through performing the ancient rituals of the church - footwashing, communion, prayers and the stations of the cross.