The Week Leading up to Easter

jared

March 26, 2026

As we step into Holy Week, it’s easy to get caught up in the “procession.” We like the celebration of Palm Sunday. We love to think about the shouting of “Hosannas” and the excitement of a king arriving to fix everything. But when you think about the last week of the life of Jesus, the crowd thins out by the end. By the time we get to the cross, the “Hosannas” have turned into “Crucify Him.”

At Corinth, we talk a lot about authentic belonging. Usually, we mean our belonging to one another in this community. But Holy Week reminds us of a deeper, more primary belonging. We are not our own, but belong body and soul to our faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.

The story of Holy Week isn’t just a historical drama we watch from the sidelines. It is the story of our King and Champion entering the arena of the valley of death on our behalf. As we approach Holy Week, we want to challenge all of us to do two things:

  1. Look at the Cost: Don’t rush to the empty tomb too quickly. Sit with the reality that our peace was bought with His pain. Our belonging was secured by His being forsaken.
  2. Look at the Mission: Jesus didn’t just die to give us a Sunday routine. He died to reconcile a broken world to Himself. As we move through this week, ask yourself: How can I carry this hope into my neighborhood or my workplace this week?

Holy Week shows us that God doesn’t just love us from a distance. He actually entered into the broken messiness of humanity to bring us home. We don’t gather this week out of religious duty, but to be reshaped by the greatest act of love in history.

Let’s walk this road together, from the palms, through the Passover meal, to the cross, and ultimately, to the empty tomb.

As we walk each step, consider with us the brokenness that often inhabits our daily lives. The dashed hopes, the physical and emotional pain of being human, the empty idolatries we each chase in our own ways, and the King who entered into all of it in order to make a way for us to leave our wounds, sin, and shame behind and enter into a new way of living redemption out in our own homes and in the world around us.

We hope you will join us in celebrating the empty tomb, but celebrate too that we can experience the work of Christ in our daily lives.  

Jason and Jared