Be with us for this brief but powerful service as we mark through scripture, reflection, and music, the suffering and passion of Jesus. The service will end outside as we drape in black a large cross which will reappear on Easter Sunday draped with joy. It has been said that you can’t have Easter without Good Friday. Only when our…
Italian painter, Mantegna (1431-1506) offers a very different perspective of Good Friday. Usually, we see Jesus nailed to the cross, suffering or perhaps taking his final breath. The crucifixion view is usually an eye-level view-we are face to face with Jesus on the cross. In this painting, The Dead Christ, Jesus has just been removed from the cross. His corpse is…