These hymns, litanies, prayers, and meditations provide material for any denomination for three hours of Good Friday worship. Based on the Seven Last Words of Christ spoken from the Cross, the material could be adapted for any time during the season of Lent or Holy Week.

"As people of God, we live boldly with courage and confidence. We will not tremble and quake when some new threat enters our lives. Like Ruth of long ago, many things will break our hearts but nothing can break our spirits, for we have found refuge under the wings of the Almighty God."
(from the sermon for Proper 25)
The nine sermons in this book follow First Lesson texts from six Old Testament books and the book of Revelation. The sermons follow the Common Lectionary.
"In reading these sermons I felt a pastor's love for his people. The subjects of the sermons deal with pressing...