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Lent
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What Lent Teaches Me About the Vices of Time
Fasting resists our society’s expectations about efficiency and instant gratification.
Lent Is Not a Vibe
Even our most beautiful rituals and reflections can’t bring relief from the reality of death.
Why Christians Fast During Lent
An excerpt on generosity and solidarity from “Hunger for Righteousness: A Lenten Journey Towards Intimacy with God and Loving our Neighbor.”
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Late to a 1,400-Year-Old Church Tradition? Me Too.
My nondenominational church is having its first Ash Wednesday service today. But why start now?
Introduction: Ever Approaching Dawn
This Lenten season, we wait with hope.
Safety in Our Weakness
In this fast, Christ is my lifeline.
Feasts Amid Fasting
Even in our deepest sadness, we experience deep breaths of grace.
The Sweet Seriousness of Lent
How shall we express this paradoxical gladness and sadness of Lent?
Brokenness Does Not Have the Final Say
The Resurrection is the declaration that death did not hold Jesus because it could not hold Jesus.
Laetare!
The theme of finding joy even in grief is at the core of the Christian vision of life.
Sometimes We Just Do the Next Thing
Faith does not insist on a map. Faith asks only that we do the next thing.
Let There Be Light!
Palm Sunday reminds us that the light of the world does not worry about the dark.
Confronting Christ
Repent, seek forgiveness, and walk with a limp—knowing it is the mark of God’s resurrecting grace.