03
Apr
Lenten Reflection #40 – Holy Saturday
I noticed for the first time a turn of phrase used only by Luke to describe the disciples at the Mount of Olives on Thursday night: Jesus returns from his […]
02
Apr
Lenten Reflection Day #39 – Good Friday
I’ve been participating in the Community Cross Walk since we first began holding it 21 years ago. The particular old wooden cross we use was originally the property of the […]
01
Apr
Lenten Reflection Day #38 Maundy Thursday
Last night at David’s study group on the Lord’s Prayer, the petition we focused our attention on was: “And lead us not into temptation.” The petition is confusing. On the […]
31
Mar
Lenten Reflection Day #37
In yesterday’s reflection I took note of five distressing news accounts of violence I came across in the New York Times. In that same copy, I was touched by another story […]
30
Mar
Lenten Reflection for Day #36
I picked up the New York Times today, and these are the news stories that jumped out at me, reminding me that the violence and oppression that Jesus confronted in Jerusalem […]
29
Mar
Lenten Reflection Day #35
Yesterday in worship we once again acted out Palm Sunday with the children. In preparation I got down some of the Christmas pageant costumes from the attic, which inspired me […]
27
Mar
Lenten Reflection Day #34
So I’m sitting in my office late Saturday afternoon — the day before Palm Sunday — at a loss for what to write for my Lenten reflection. Scanning Luke’s Gospel, […]
26
Mar
Lenten Reflection Day #33
Yesterday we looked at the high and hard calling Jesus lays out in the Sermon on the Mount for those who would follow him. Later on in Matthew’s Gospel a […]
25
Mar
Lenten Reflection Day #32
The Lord’s Prayer is found in a section of the Gospel of Matthew known as the Sermon on the Mount (Chapters 5 – 7). Pressed by crowds of people, Jesus […]
24
Mar
Lenten Reflection Day #31
Suffering is an inescapable part of life. Its forms are varied; there is physical pain, grief, betrayal, loneliness, addiction, injustice, and the anxiety that arises before the mystery of death. […]
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