Category Archives: Lent

Good Friday Reflections

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

From Good Friday, 1613.  Riding Westward – by John Donne But that Christ on this Crosse, did rise and fall, Sinne had eternally benighted all. Yet dare I’almost be glad, I do not see That spectacle of too much weight … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Ritual (Not Ritualism)

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

A couple of weeks ago, just after Ash Wednesday, I got a post idea from a friend of mine.  I really like this young woman.  She is warm and charming and loves a good debate.  Her husband is smart, funny … Continue reading →

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First Sunday of Lent: Repentance

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

From Bread and Wine, part of a reading from Barbara Cawthorne Crafton: We didn’t even know what moderation was.  What it felt like.  We didn’t just work:  we inhaled our jobs, sucked them in, became them.  Stayed late, brought work … Continue reading →

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William Willimon on Baptism, Death and Life

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

from On a Wild and Windy Mountain: The chief biblical analogy for baptism is not the water that washes but the flood that drowns.  Discipleship is more than turning over a new leaf.  It is more fitful and disorderly than … Continue reading →

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Keeping Lent Without Losing the Plot

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

I did not grow up observing Lent.  As with many other liturgical traditions, I came to an appreciation of it as an adult.  The Church of the Nazarene has been, historically, a nonliturgical denomination.  It seemed very innovative a decade … Continue reading →

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