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The way home for the American Church
As surely as there will be messed up theology and practice in the Church, there is a marked way home. Our challenge is to follow it. That’s hard because it’s not the dynamic way. It’s not full of light shows and professional music and polished communicators.
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Being people of the Presence
2 Timothy 3:1–5 (NIV): But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—5 having a form of…
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Living Unafraid
Some thoughts from Walter Brueggemann’s Lenten devotional, A Way Other Than Our Own:
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The continuous lessons of the cross
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole…
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Moving from scarcity to abundance
A prayer for the day: We are constricted by stories of scarcity. Break through these false tales with the surprising truth of abundance. May we bask in your shalom and then perform your story of generosity over and over again. Amen. (Walter Brueggemann, A Way Other than Our Own)
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Find rest, my soul
David Brooks writes a fantastic column on the weariness of our time: social media. Sure, I write this on a blog and post it on social media. It’s the great paradox of our time, to be sure. But his words are worth reading.
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What was missing on Sunday?
Since I’ve moved to the Anglican tradition I’m learning far more about the seasons of the Church year. The past Sundays of Lent I definitely felt something was “missing”.
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Prayers of the Day
Collect of the Day: The Annunication Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord; that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion be brought unto the glory of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy…
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The blessedness of being pursued by God
Psalm 23:6 (NIV): Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. The Common English Bible is the only one I’ve read that says, goodness and faithful love will pursue me… God will chase me down, grab me, and hold me (Walter Brueggemann). Brueggemann…
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“Last Days” living
1 Timothy 4:7 (NIV): Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. I Timothy 4 delivers stern warnings. They are crucial for our times. For Timothy it was vital to pay attention.
Tag: Lent
