{"id":437,"date":"2026-03-30T13:33:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/?p=437"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:33:54","slug":"holy-week-and-the-hope-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/2026\/03\/30\/holy-week-and-the-hope-of-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week and the Hope of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week is Spring Break at Luther Seminary. We will not have our regularly schedule spiritual practices Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Many blessings on students, faculty and staff who may be traveling and\/or leading Holy Week services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I pray that you will be able to take a little time to get alone with God. Breathe deeply. Allow yourself to be caught up in the mystery of this week and the steadfast love of God. Fill your cup before you pour yourself out for your people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a resource I created to help you dwell in Holy Week this year. Click the image to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cartoonistbible.com\/visuals\/a-cartoonists-guide-to-holy-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/03\/Holy-Week-overview-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"The eight days of Holy Week from Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday.\" class=\"wp-image-438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/03\/Holy-Week-overview-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/03\/Holy-Week-overview-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/03\/Holy-Week-overview-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/03\/Holy-Week-overview.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week is Spring Break at Luther Seminary. We will not have our regularly schedule spiritual practices Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Many blessings on students, faculty and staff who may be traveling and\/or leading Holy Week services. I pray that you will be able to take a little time to get alone with God. Breathe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}