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.

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.

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?

Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness is a strange story to 21st century ears.

What does it mean for us to resist the temptation of these “pomps” of Satan and live into where the Holy Spirit calls us?

Lent invites us to find the boundaries of our maps and enter the wilderness in faith. And so we begin.