Every year on Good Friday as a rule we go dark with regards to publishing new essays or reviews. Instead, we share a few songs to help people mark Good Friday. I pray that today will be a somber one for you as we remember the events of this day as we mourn the horrifying consequences of our sin.

My church hosts a tenebrae service every year on Good Friday. If you’ve not been to one before, I’d strongly recommend it. If you’re in southeast Nebraska, Grace Chapel will have such a service from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight. Childcare will be available. My home congregation, Zion Church, will be having ours at 7:00. We, unfortunately, will not have childcare available at our service.

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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