So what is this Lent?

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 So what is this Lent? February 21, 2021 Robert and Georgie Girl, 1968 Genesis 9: 8-17 | Psalm 25: 1-9 | 1 Peter 3: 18-22 | Mark 1: 9-15   Lent for me is a time of reflection. Some days are filled with joy. Others, with despair. We...

Preparing a Banquet

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 Preparing a Banquet February 20, 2021   Isaiah 58:9b–14 | Luke 5:27–32 | Psalm 86:1–11 We’re only four days into Lent – a time of solemnity and abstinence. But today’s gospel has me thinking about parties. You remember parties… where people...

Start conversations. Ask questions. Explain why.

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 Start conversations. Ask questions. Explain why. February 19, 2021 Isaiah 58:1–9a | Matthew 9:10–17 | Psalm 51:1–10 Might these days of Covid-19 during Lent of 2021 occasionally echo those befuddling days when – instead of fasting in...

But who do you say that I am?

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 But who do you say that I am? February 18, 2021 Deuteronomy 30:15–20 |Luke 9:18–25 | Psalm 1 Luke 9: 18-25 In The Gospel for my blog entry, Jesus asks his disciples two questions; “Who do the crowds say that I am?” and “But...

Matthew 6:1, 5-6

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 Matthew 6: 1, 5-6 February 17, 2021 Joel 2:1-2,12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 | Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 | Psalm 103:8-14 Matthew 6:1, 5-6 Jesus said, “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by...