Yesterday I started our thinking about Lenten practices with some links to a “40 Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer” and today I want to offer another suggestion. But first, a word of caution. Please, please, don’t think I am suggesting … Continue reading
You may be like me and come from a tradition in which Lent was unnoticed but also like me maybe you heard folks speak of “giving up” something for Lent. Folks still practice various types of Lenten fasts but I … Continue reading
Easter Sunday has passed … but has the Easter season passed? In this season between Easter and Ascension Day and Pentecost it is a good time to think about how we can live as “Easter people.” What can we learn … Continue reading
We have moved though Lent, past Palm Sunday and find ourselves today on Maundy Thursday. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are just around the corner. This week I have been wondering how we communicate why we call this time “Holy … Continue reading
I couple of weeks ago I was with a congregation and we were thinking together about something Paul wrote to the folks at Philippi, “… whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. … Continue reading
I did not grow up in a church were we talked about Lent or giving up something for Lent. Over the last years as I have come to some understanding of the season of Lent and of what it can … Continue reading
This past Sunday I was with a congregation where we were reading Mark 1 and thinking about “Wilderness.” We noticed the Gospel writer reminded us that the prophets spoke about the wilderness, that John’s “pulpit” was in the wilderness, that … Continue reading
As we once again come to Ash Wednesday and Lent, I want to share again the following prayer that for me speaks to the balance this season can point us toward, Fast from judging others; feast on the Christ indwelling … Continue reading
I suspect you are all familiar with the Serenity Prayer, Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Right? How does … Continue reading
A day late. Things the past few days just did not work out for me to get up a post yesterday but here we are today and we carry on. This did get me thinking – what is my “fall … Continue reading
