Lent with John Prine Paradise Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man • The 1960s and 70s was a timeContinue reading “Lent with John Prine: Paradise”
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lent 2 — foxes and hens
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today,Continue reading “lent 2 — foxes and hens”
Lent with John Prine: Hello in There
Lent with John Prine Hello in There We are listening to iconic American folksinger John Prine during Lent this year, choosing songs that highlight themes of the season. Of course, in Lent we think of change as well as our mortality — themes artists have always and will ever address. I can’t think of aContinue reading “Lent with John Prine: Hello in There”
Klasie Kraalogies: Rhythm — An Atheist Contemplates Lent
Rhythm – An Atheist Contemplates Lent By Klasie Kraalogies At the heart of the cosmos is rhythm, movement, cycles. Existence is a near-infinite superposition of Ptolemaic epicycles, seasons and ice ages and aeons of move and counter-move. A few days ago someone in the comment section talked about panentheism. Popularized, if that is the rightContinue reading “Klasie Kraalogies: Rhythm — An Atheist Contemplates Lent”
Wednesday with Michael Spencer: What’s Growing in the Shadow of Anger?
Wednesday with Michael Spencer What’s Growing in the Shadow of Anger? Sometimes someone else’s sins become the light of seeing our own. Several years ago I was working with a particularly difficult young church staff member. His pattern was to do everything his way, and when negative consequences arrived, to be completely defensive. Insight intoContinue reading “Wednesday with Michael Spencer: What’s Growing in the Shadow of Anger?”
lent 1 — beyond the wilderness
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’ …Jesus, full ofContinue reading “lent 1 — beyond the wilderness”
A Lenten Meditation: As Miserable as the Day
A Lenten Meditation As Miserable as the Day Last Sunday, after church I went up to Indianapolis, driving through the snow, to officiate a funeral. All funerals and memorial services are sad, but this one especially so. We were laying to rest a 34 year-old man who had essentially drank himself to death. I’ll callContinue reading “A Lenten Meditation: As Miserable as the Day”
Ash Wednesday with an Angel from Montgomery
Ash Wednesday with an Angel from Montgomery Make me an angel That flies from Montgomery Make me a poster Of an old rodeo Just give me one thing That I can hold on to To believe in this livin’ Is just a hard way to go Each year, on Ash Wednesday and during Lent, IContinue reading “Ash Wednesday with an Angel from Montgomery”
Live into the “What” not the “Why”
When someone is drowning, the only thing worse than failing to throw them a life preserver is handing them a reason. • Kate Bowler • • • Live into the “What” not the “Why” Religious people (me, for example) are really good at focusing on the “whys” of life. Pastors and theologians, in particular, makeContinue reading “Live into the “What” not the “Why””
Lent 5: It Looks Like Dying
Sermon: Lent 5 It Looks Like Dying JOHN 12:20- 33 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’ Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went andContinue reading “Lent 5: It Looks Like Dying”
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