Lenten Reflections
Who Do You Say That You Are?: Lenten Meditation, 2/20/2013
Isaiah 55:6-11 By: Lucas John Mix “Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near;let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts;let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.For my thoughts are not […]
What is Essential: Lenten Meditation, 2/19/2013
Matthew 6: 1-7 By: Nina Vest Salmon A student was dissatisfied with his grade on a 10-page paper he had turned in for an assigned three- to five-page essay. He couldn’t understand why his grade wasn’t higher based on length alone. “But it’s twice the required length,” he argued. “It should be at least a […]
Getting the Whole Picture: Lenten Meditation, 2/18/2013
John 15:1-11 By: Nils Chittenden It was the English writer and raconteur Miles Kington who said, “Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in your fruit salad.” Not only is it drily witty, but it says something very important about knowledge. In and of itself, knowledge is inert. It’s […]
Finding the Promised Land: Lenten Meditation, 2/17/2013
Deuteronomy 26:8-10 By: Vivian Taylor “So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; and now I bring the first fruits of the soil that you, Lord, have […]
A Stumbling Block to Myself: Lenten Meditation, 2/16/2013
Romans 14:10-13 By: Patrick Christopher Kangrga The men in my family have always been the unlucky ones. It’s a simple issue of math. We are outnumbered. And for me, the fact that all of my siblings are significantly older than I am has not helped. Add to this that my three sisters are the mature […]
Peace: The Alternate Scenario: Lenten Meditation, 2/15/2013
Luke 10:1-9 By: April C. Caballero Peace. It is unwise. Peace does not get the popular vote. Peace is not a natural instinct. And further, peace takes work. But peace is our gospel. Peace is our kingdom. And so we push against all odds toward it, even only knowing a glimpse of it. Today’s text […]
Wisdom of the Wreck: Lenten Meditation, 2/14/2013
Psalm 69:8-18 By: Cameron Partridge I came to explore the wreck.The words are purposes.The words are maps.I came to see the damage that was doneand the treasures that prevail.(Adrienne Rich, “Diving Into the Wreck,” in The Fact of a Doorframe) In “Diving Into the Wreck,” one of my favorite poems by the late Adrienne Rich, a diver […]
After a Chocolate-Free Lent: Lenten Meditation, 2/13/2013
Isaiah 58:1-12 By: Mary Catherine Young Self-denial is probably the most common practice associated with the six-week season of Lent that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Day. Giving up sweets and sodas are what many of my fellow youth-group members would challenge themselves with back in our high-school days. Commitments to reading […]