holy week Archives - Darcy Wiley

Behold Your Son. Behold Your Mother.

by Darcy Wiley | Apr 2, 2021 | Experiencing God, Jesus, Spiritual Formation

This meditation was written to accompany Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross, presented for Holy Week in my local congregation. As you read or listen, I trust you, too, will be struck by Jesus’ tender empathy and fierce devotion even as he was being...

Gift at Low Tide

by Darcy Wiley | Apr 5, 2012 | Fireflies, Fresh-Cut Flowers

Palms waved on Palm Sunday, fronds rattling, applause in the wind. I walked hand-in-hand with my firstborn toward our abandoned umbrella, its fringe fluttering near the shoreline. Bare feet shuffled over sandy cobblestone, felt the grit, the heat. I clicked my tongue...