Learning about the liturgical year, processing as I blog.
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 NIV What does growing up in our faith mean? Peter writes in his letter that we are to…
Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves?Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords…
Lent is a time for discipline, for confession, for honesty, not because God is mean or fault- finding or finger-pointing but because he wants us to know the joy of being cleaned out, ready for all the good things he now has in store. NT Wright Leaving Nazareth, [Jesus] went and lived in Capernaum ……
But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth hush and be silent before Him. Habakkuk 2:20 AMP We are a noisy generation. Or maybe I am just old and grumpy. Music blares everywhere – department stores, supermarkets, restaurants, malls, and sometimes even gas stations. If the music is not floating through the air, then we…
Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Psalm 119:35 – 37 NIV Do you remember the contest on Mount Carmel, Isaiah vs the prophets of Baal? The prophets of Baal call on…
Many Christian denominations, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, and Presbyterians, among others, celebrate Ash Wednesday. It is a significant day in the Christian calendar for these reasons — Customs The traditions and customs associated with Ash Wednesday may vary between Christian denominations and cultures. In some churches, ashes are applied to the forehead in the shape of…