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What is your soul?

“How is your soul?” a friend of mine always asks. The greeting always gets me thinking, “Well, how IS my soul doing?” And I can’t help but wonder, come to think of it, what exactly IS my soul? When I asked that last question — “What is your soul?” — to the faithful worshipers at … Read more»

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My season of sacrifice and self denial

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I can truly relate to what Jesus is saying in this Sunday’s Gospel lesson, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me“ (Mark 8:34b). Deny myself? Oh yeah! During Lent I’m all about self denial. (Photo by Randy OHC, used by Creative Commons license. Thanks!)

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40 Ideas for Keeping Lent Holy

From the avant garde voice of pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber comes a daily action plan to put some holiness into your Lenten observance. These are simple, everyday things that will keep Lent fresh and eye-opening.  (Photo by Steve Snodgrass, used by Creative Commons license. Thanks, Steve!)

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Lenten Devotions Online

Looking for an online devotional series for Lent? Check these options from David Lose and the folks at d365.org. (Image by JezobelJones used under Creative Commons License. Thanks.)

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Ash Wednesday: When stewards take stock

‘It’s Personal’ Blog
Meditate on the sobering words of Ash Wednesday: “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” You’ll find the source of good stewardship of life — our mortality. (Photo by On the White Line, used by Creative Commons license.)

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Lenten Stewardship: Giving Oneself Fully to God

In his blog entry “Lent: Giving up Coffee, or my Life?” Eugene Cho examines how Lenten disciplines possess the capacity to draw us closer to Christ and God’s Kingdom. Might Lenten disciplines also become a stewardship issue? Consider this question as you read Pastor Cho’s words posted on the Sojourners website. (Photo by dyobmit used… Read more»

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You are Invited…

1st Sunday in Lent, Year A, March 13, 2011
You are invited to enter fully into Lent, to walk through the wilderness of your sin, sorrow, and suffering and to experience the presence of your Lord. Will you accept the invitation? (Photo by archer10 used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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Lighting the First Candle

We shall never know the true meaning of being faithful stewards until we are prepared to risk the transitory for the sake of the ethereal. In other words, there has to come a time when we are willing to turn on all the lights and burn all the candles for the sake of the least of these. (Photo by allegri used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

The Gift of Community

Lectionary Reflection: February 4, 2008
We are bound together, you and I. Each one of us is wonderfully and uniquely created by God with gifts and talents, skills and abilities, failings and frailties. But we are not alone, nor are we designed to be alone.