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As we move toward the beginning of Lent in two days, I want to share a couple of things with you this morning. First – In August I began posting short reflections on the week’s lesson from the International Sunday … Continue reading
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On Saturday morning after Jesus’ crucifixion, the disciples wake after not having slept for two days. The city that was screaming for blood the day before is quiet. Crowds have disbanded. Jesus is dead. This isn’t Sunday. This isn’t Friday. This is Saturday. The day … Continue reading
We are in Holy Week, the end of another Lenten season, another time of “prayer, almsgiving and fasting,” and/or what other Lenten practices we have seen fit to take up. So, we are “in the home stretch,” heading to Good … Continue reading
Last week in several posts, in several ways, I wondered with you if Lent might be a time to practice opening our eyes to what is around. I don’t claim I am open to my surroundings all the times I … Continue reading
Feast or Fast?On this St Patrick’s Day consider a few words from the prayer known as St Patrick’s Breastplate – Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,Christ on my right, … Continue reading
How have your days this week been filled? Has it been a busy week, a slow week, a week that dragged on, a week that flew past? A routine week? A week with surprises or is it hard to recount … Continue reading
Several years ago I was in a study group at a local congregation and it was our custom to start each evening with “on-board time.” – A short time when we went around the group to check in on what … Continue reading
I hope you took some time to read over the prayer I left with you last week. I would like to start these several days of posts with two questions. First, which pair(s) in the prayer stand out to you … Continue reading
Since I first came across this prayer several years ago, I have shared it a number of times in a number of places. Today, this first Friday of Lent, it seems a good time to share it again. Allow me … Continue reading
So we start again. Yesterday – call it Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day – concluded the season before Lent, and today marks the entrance into the season of Lent. As of late Linda and I have been … Continue reading