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Conversion, Sin and the Lenten Season

During the Lenten season, conversion is a watchword that is used to try to get to the central issue of the season's meaning. The meaning of the word ‘conversion’ is to turn away from one thing, towards ano…
Growing Toward Freedom Requires Suffering and Faith

No one enjoys suffering. It is instinctive and, yes, good and healthy to find ways to lessen it. Escaping pain and suffering is simply not possible -- at least in this world. There are many strategies that are tried to…
My Lenten Fast: Facing my Fear of Emptiness

There are different ways to look upon fasting. To start, you can only fast from something that you like to do, or perhaps seeking to lessen a compulsion that needs to be healed and released. Food comes to mind when fas…
Sacrificing Social Media: My Lenten Fast

It's my first 24-hour period without social media of any kind, and according to my perspective, blogging does not count. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the start of the season of penance -- repentance or confession -- refl…
Letting Go for Lent

Lent is about letting go of that which blocks out the fuller life that Christ Jesus wants us to have. Letting go of 'things' can be helpful only if it allows a corresponding inner freedom to love more deeply and, from…
What Is Ash Wednesday?

"...For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return." - Genesis 3:19(b) Today, as you go about your day, you might see something a bit strange on the foreheads of some of the people a…
A Quick Lenten Question

By Sam at Creative Theology What are you up to in your spare time? Or… What has your attention right now? Of course, I ask this during a reflective season in the Church calendar. Do you find yourself engaged…
Fruit of the Spirit and Holy Week

By Sam at Creative Theology Our church just wrapped up a 5-month sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount. Yesterday, Paul Stewart preached on the fruit of the spirit being a result of abiding in God. Not something we ca…
Rest and Lent: Taking the Unplug Challenge

By Sam at Creative Theology I took a few days off of work (my 8-5 job) and away from online work. I didn’t blog, tweet, facebook, etc. I made reference to it here, as this is a daily series and I would be missi…
A Necessary Pause: Reflecting on Holy Week

By Sharon at SheWorships I spent a good chunk of my day yesterday researching some questions raised by my last few posts on modesty. I found a lot of great answers in Scripture and Christian tradition, and I look forwar…