Holy Week

How can we think about Holy Week in our own homes? This is certainly a time when it’s good to have a church to go to and perhaps if you are a Christian without a church you can borrow one for just this week. However, here are some ideas for things you could try.

Commit to having ten minutes every day that you do nothing but think about Jesus. During this time read a short bit of the holy week story every day and then pray that God will help you make sense of it.

At Thursday main meal time (supper, dinner, whatever) break bread and drink wine with the people at the table. Don’t get too fancy about it but when you do it remember what happened at the last supper. I’m not suggesting you have a communion service here but do something meaningful and in remembrance of Jesus.

On Friday take a walk up a hill in silence. It’s best if the hill is in a remote place but it doesn’t really matter. Jesus carried his cross through the city remember. When you get to the top take a few minutes to think about the cross and the sacrifice Jesus made for you.

On Sunday get up really early – dawn is a good time – and go somewhere beautiful (gardens are ideal for this). Just sit for a while and remember the resurrection of Christ and say thanks to God for bothering with you.

You probably have lots of other good ideas. Why not share them in a comment.