Posts with the category “lent”

WE CONTINUE OUR LENTEN JOURNEY TO THE CROSS,LOOKING FORWARD TO ITS CULMINATION IN EASTER 2023!!!READ THE NEWSLETTER TO BE INFORMED OF ALL THAT IS HAPPENING!......  Read More

After sitting in Matthew 27:45-56, what is the proper personal response? What should the reading of such painful things and sitting with lament lead to? I contend it’s Gratitude. Gratitude more than t...  Read More

When I think about being “in awe” of something it’s usually in reference to something like a crazy complex dominos video, an impressive Dude Perfect trick shot, a feat that makes you instinctively say...  Read More

Through my journey of dwelling in Lamentations, I learned about the practice of lament and the pathway toward healing it provides... ...  Read More

Imagine Jesus on the cross.  He had many people around him, yet he was alone.  He had been denied and betrayed by his closest companions.  Beaten, humiliated, and mocked as he gave up his life for the...  Read More

Jesus cried out from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”Imagine your child calling to you “Mommy!” or “Daddy!” “Why have you abandoned me?”Is there anything more agonizing to God, t...  Read More

“From noon until three in the afternoon, darkness came over all the land” (Matthew27:45). These are the descriptive words used by the author of the 1st Gospel to highlightthe horror of Jesus’ time on ...  Read More

This year we are exploring Lent through the less traditional lens of lament. Our passage of focus will be Matthew 27:45-56. Each week we will reflect on a different part of this passage, soak up a Lam...  Read More