Fasting: When what is harmless keeps us from God
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. This Lent,..
Pride and sloth
Lent is a season of fasting and repentance in preparation for Easter. This season, situated in the grey dregs of winter, reflects..
Lent and the gym
Would you continue to go to a gym where many of the personal trainers seemed out of shape? What if those trainers..
A little Lenten history
For some Presbyterians, celebrating Lent is not intuitive — it may not have been part of their family’s pattern growing up. It..
Lent is…
Lent is a time to give up time in reaching for eternity, to set aside the minutes and the hours and make..
Ash Wednesday
Take dust and dip the finger in its pool. Take ash and wipe the forehead clean of guise. Mark countenance, that earthly..
Lent is for Presbyterians, too: Creative, connectional disciplines
While some Protestants still struggle with what to make of Lent (“Isn’t that a Catholic thing?”), increasingly Presbyterian congregations are seeking creative approaches for making..
Prodigal cross
The idea that the Son had to die so the Father would be able to forgive us has never made much sense..
Preaching to Rupture the Routine (presented by Amanda Benckhuysen and Rob Hoch)
Preparing for Lent: Exegetical Insight and Preaching Ideas for 2013 (Year C)
A Live 90-minute Outlook Webinar featuring Amanda Benckhuysen and Robert Hoch
Tuesday Feb. 5 — 2 p.m. eastern time (11 a.m. pacific time)
Webinar – “Preaching through Lent” Exegetical Insights and Preaching Ideas for 2014 (Year A)
Tuesday February 11
2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT)
Join BETH JOHNSON as she explores the season of Lent (Year A).
Orienting-Lent
The eastering I look for
Why food now comes in Biblical proportions
More tea, vicar?
Lent 6: Lowly Messiah
Mark 11:1-11
This story it set within the bounds of Mark’s overall narrative of Jesus’ passion; it begins the final week of Jesus’ life.
Lent7 Easter: Resurrection of the Lord — Easter Day
According to the earliest manuscripts, this passage constitutes the end of the Gospel of Mark.
Palm Sunday – Sixth Sunday in Lent: Lowly Messiah
Mark 11:1-11
This story it set within the bounds of Mark’s overall narrative of Jesus’ passion;
Lent5: Fifth Sunday in Lent, The hour has come
John 12:20-33
The hour has come
The events described in this passage occur in the Gospel of John subsequent to the triumphal entry.
Shepherd poem: Mid (Holy) Week
Was there a Weary Wednesday
Intentional Community: A new kind of church planting
In corners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) innovative church planters are creating worshipping communities far different from the cultures of typical aging PC(USA) congregations.
Benedictory: Breakfast in bed
On a cold January Sunday morning in Austin, my wife and I woke up wanting bagels — warm and fresh from a local bagel shop near the University of Texas.
Seminary in the woods
Is there a better place to discern one’s vocation than out in the woods?
Way-Points: Spirit’s respite
Our modern lives are full and we often find ourselves compelled to do more or get more with the time we have.
Common Threads
As we gather in God’s presence, we like various beads are strung,
Some with gifts of proven merit, some unheralded and unsung.
The Golden Rule
Editor’s Note: This is the thirteenth essay in a series dealing with theological topics of interest and importance to Presbyterians.
Lent 4: Jesus and Nicodemus
John 3:14-21
This passage represents the conclusion of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus about rebirth and baptism, and in a sense answers Nicodemus’ final question “How can these things be?” (3:9).
Lent 3: Temple cultus superceded
John 2:13-22
John’s account of Jesus’ activity in the temple portrays Jesus going to Jerusalem early in his ministry.
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