God’s open arms, symbolic of the erasure of our sins through the death of Christ, remain an invitation to all and should be our true focus during this season of Lent.
Repentance as divine embrace
I invite you to repent daily during this Lenten season—to find time every day to reorient yourselves in the embrace of a loving God and to share that love in your daily life.
The goodness of God
In spite of our struggles, we are assured of God’s constant love and presence with us, as we cling together to Christ throughout our journey of faith.
An appetite for God
We have 35+ appetites ready to take the place of our need for God and a 24/7/365 consumer culture ready to sate them.
Eat what is good
Isaiah 55 extends an invitation to abundant life, though that abundant life remains elusive. We know that our thoughts are not the Lord’s thoughts, our ways are not the Lord’s ways. The Lord’s ways and thoughts are higher, like the heavens.
God pours out life-giving drink
Do we sit in our wilderness, thirsting without action? Or does our thirst make way for action?
Life in the dark
May Christ’s renewing light be evident to you as you reflect on the Lenten texts and devotionals this week. Be willing to “compost” in the dark and wait for rejuvenating life and light.
Keeping my eyes on Christ
Paul has discovered that when we look upon the body as the agent of service to God and God’s creation, we will look upon our own bodies as transformed and glorious.
A Lenten Psalm
Though I will stumble
God’s presence will bring me truth
Why then shall I fear?
The gift of stories
What stories do you tell yourself and others about the world we live in? How are you opening yourself to the ways God wants to reframe these stories? Are you choosing the Story of Light and Love?