{"id":421,"date":"2011-04-19T00:27:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T04:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/?p=421"},"modified":"2011-04-19T16:11:02","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T20:11:02","slug":"holy-week-primer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2011\/04\/holy-week-primer.html","title":{"rendered":"An Ordinary Holy Week Primer for an Extraordinary Season&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Wondering about the meaning of Holy Week and Easter? A new friend and talented author, pastor, artist\u00a0<a title=\"McDonald\" href=\"http:\/\/samizdatcreative.com\/our-authors\/dr-david-mcdonald\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. David McDonald<\/a>, has created a helpful site called <em><a title=\"Fig Monday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommontruth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Common Truth: Ordinary Stories for an Extraordinary Season<\/a><\/em> that offers thought-provoking daily reflections on <a title=\"sun\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommontruth.org\/?page_id=33\" target=\"_blank\">Palm Sunday<\/a>, <a title=\"m\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommontruth.org\/?page_id=36\" target=\"_blank\">Fig Monday<\/a>, <a title=\"g\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommontruth.org\/?page_id=50\" target=\"_blank\">Great Tuesday<\/a>, Spy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.<\/div>\n<div>Check out the <a title=\"fig\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommontruth.org\/?page_id=36\" target=\"_blank\">Fig Monday <\/a>piece here&#8230;<\/div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22538801\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22538801<\/a>\n<p>And the <a title=\"great\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommontruth.org\/?page_id=50\">Great Tuesday<\/a> piece here&#8230;<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22594693\">http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22594693<\/a>\n<p>Read more about Holy Week and Easter at <em><a title=\"Fig Monday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommontruth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Common Truth<\/a><\/em> or up with David on <a title=\"shadowing\" href=\"http:\/\/shadowinggod.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">his blog <\/a>or at <a title=\"westwinds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westwinds.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Westwinds Community Church<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering about the meaning of Holy Week and Easter? 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