tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918253.post5420201765089549603..comments2023-10-20T11:23:11.547-05:00Comments on Fear and Trembling: Why Passover?Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10142377311082312242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918253.post-74916306375233449742007-05-15T13:01:00.000-05:002007-05-15T13:01:00.000-05:00Fiddle-faddle, Scot McKnight put up a similar post...Fiddle-faddle, Scot McKnight put up a similar post on his blog, before mine, no less.<BR/><BR/>Now people will think I'm a plagarist. I guess there are worse things in life.<BR/><BR/>I think my post is better, but his is worth a look, too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867643265421269834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918253.post-32200052574609151282007-04-26T20:56:00.000-05:002007-04-26T20:56:00.000-05:00Well, over achiever that I am, I can't resist. I ...Well, over achiever that I am, I can't resist. I heard the meaning a couple of times this year, and didn't ever remember hearing it before. If I recall correctly, maundy means mandate, referring to Christ's mandate to love one another.<BR/><BR/>As a Lutheran growing up, I loved the Holy Week services. But the most powerful part was the stripping of the sanctuary on Good Friday. Even the pastor took his vestments off, and the eternal flame was not extinguished, but carried out, ending the service in dark silence. No one spoke as we left. And then, the contrast of Easter Sunday sunrise service, with the brass ensemble and organ belting out "Christ the Lord is Risen Today"... (but I wonder how they tore me away from my pet gerbil that the Easter bunny brought to get me to sunrise service!) I do miss being Lutheran at this time of year! But I'm not going back...Tracy P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07750283241399825265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918253.post-40221115933099391622007-04-25T21:34:00.000-05:002007-04-25T21:34:00.000-05:00i thought the service was very well done. i can't ...i thought the service was very well done. i can't tell you what maunday thursday means though, so i eagerly await one of you smarter people's answers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918253.post-71534182190516621242007-04-24T09:23:00.000-05:002007-04-24T09:23:00.000-05:00You're not the only one who never heard of Maunday...You're not the only one who never heard of Maunday Thursday. (10 pts for whoever can tell me what Maunday Thursday means and what it is about without Googling.) It was never talked about in the churches I grew up in, either.<BR/><BR/>I was much older before I discovered what Good Friday was even about. If I remember correctly, it was after I moved to Minnesota - all those good Lutheran and Catholics taught me what Christian holidays are really about.<BR/><BR/>How was the Maunday Thursday service? Was it a little cheezy, or was it well done?Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142377311082312242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24918253.post-25201092898739012852007-04-23T21:01:00.000-05:002007-04-23T21:01:00.000-05:00ok, i'm kind of embarrased to admit this and you c...ok, i'm kind of embarrased to admit this and you can tell me if i am one of the only baptist raised person who didn't know this. i had never heard of maunday thursday until this year. i don't know if i have heard it and just didn't ever let it sink in or if i have truly never heard of it. anyway i went to a maunday thursday service at our church-- it was done as a play of the last supper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com