
Easter in Real Time: Saturday, the Day Nothing Made Sense
Saturday is the day your faith doesn’t feel like enough. It’s the day between promise and payoff. The day when hope feels stupid. The day when God seems quiet, distant, or worse—absent. It’s the day you sit in the gap, unsure whether to move on or hold on. Sometimes it’s a day. Sometimes, it’s a lifetime. And yet, Saturdays matter. Maybe more than we realize.

Easter In Real Time: Friday, The Day the World Went Dark
Nobody slept much the night before. Jesus had been arrested. He wasn’t coming back. He was taken to the High Priest’s home, charged with crimes he did not commit. He was tortured by the Romans while his own people watched. He spent Thursday night as a prisoner, and...

Easter In Real Time: Thursday, The Day the Table Was Set
If Wednesday was silent, Thursday was sacred. Intentional. Intimate. It’s Jesus with His closest friends, breaking bread in a borrowed room, knowing full well that betrayal is already in motion, the cross is closer than ever, and time is running out.

Easter In Real Time: Wednesday, The Day the Trap Was Set
Wednesday was eerily quiet. The calm before the storm. The the Gospels go mostly silent about this day. Nothing flashy. No public teaching. No dramatic miracles. Just… quiet. But don’t mistake the silence for peace. Beneath the stillness, a dark plot is unfolding.

Easter In Real Time: Tuesday, the Day Truth Took No Prisoners
If Monday was disruptive, Tuesday only added pressure to the tension that had been building. On Monday, Jesus flipped tables. On Tuesday, he flipped the script on the religious establishment. By now, Jesus had the attention of the entire city. The religious leaders...
ABOUT JIMMY

Jimmy McLoud is the Lead Pastor of First Christian Church in Canton, Ohio. His passion – and the vision of First Christian – is to share the good news that Jesus is for all people by helping them find hope, purpose, and a place to belong. He serves on the Board of Directors for The Solomon Foundation and on the Advisory Team for The Unstuck Group. Jimmy and his wife, Ashley, live in North Canton with their four kids: Braylon, Carter, Ellie, and Grace.