{"id":1185,"date":"2011-04-21T23:56:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T03:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2011-04-22T00:14:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T04:14:15","slug":"keeping-watch-with-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2011\/04\/keeping-watch-with-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Watch with Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus said to his disciples, &#8220;could you not keep watch with me for one hour?&#8221; (Mt. 26.40) \u00a0This has inspired Christians to keep vigil with Jesus starting tonight through Good Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to meditate upon Jesus&#8217; final hours.<\/p>\n<p>Some stay up all night while others wake up on the hour. \u00a0A vigil can be as sedate or as active as you desire. \u00a0For example, you can read the passages at the appointed time or when it says Jesus went from one place to another, you can actually go out and take a walk. \u00a0The more active approach has the added benefit in helping one to stay awake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.belovedofgod.org\/sermons\/FinalHoursTimeline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Here is general guide for keeping watch with Jesus.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One last approach is to make &#8220;keeping watch&#8221; a weekly practice. \u00a0Every thursday night, spend one hour in prayer at night. \u00a0For Jesus&#8217; specific question was, &#8220;could you not keep watch with me for <strong>one hour<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus said to his disciples, &#8220;could you not keep watch with me for one hour?&#8221; (Mt. 26.40) \u00a0This has inspired Christians to keep vigil with Jesus starting tonight through Good Friday. 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Author of Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith (Zondervan) and the upcoming, Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (2011). Founder of Project 127, a ministry dedicated to seeing the day when there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado's foster care system. Robert deeply desires to see the body of Christ mobilized to serve the least of these. The poor, the down and out, the disenfranchised and disabled, those deemed unimportant and the unborn. He believes that God loves all people yet he has a special heart for the poor and the poor in spirit, the miserable and the marginalized. A Contributing Editor for Leadership Journal and Urbanfaith.com. He acquired a B.A. in Bibilcal Studies from Colorado Christian University and a Master of Arts in World Christianity (Missiology) from Denver Seminary. Robert is married to the love of his life, Barbara, and they have six energetic children (3 boys &amp; 3 girls--one bio, five adopted--two from Ethiopia). 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