Grace and peace, church family. I pray you are well.

I thought about something on the drive to church this morning: Holy Week has a way of inviting us to slow down if we let it.

The truth is, many of us know where the story is going: We know the empty tomb is coming, but there’s a temptation to rush past the moments leading up to it — to skip ahead to the victory and miss the depth of what Jesus walked through to get there.

Perhaps there’s an invitation for us this week to move at the pace of Christ — to walk with Him through the ordinary moments. The quiet conversations. The long prayers. The heavy and intentional steps toward the cross.

Let me encourage you:

Don’t rush past the table on Thursday. Sit there. Listen. Receive.

Don’t hurry beyond the cross on Friday. Stay there. Reflect. Remember the cost.

Don’t skip over Saturday. It’s quiet. It’s uncertain. It feels like waiting, but God is still at work in the silence.

Then Sunday, let it wash over you — resurrection, joy and life.

I believe we experience the fullness of Easter when we walk with Jesus every step of the way.

Walk slowly. Pay attention. Stay present.

Because sometimes the most profound work God does isn’t in the big moments, but in the quiet, faithful steps along the way.