Posts Tagged as ‘Lent’

April 4, 2010

What If Resurrection Is A Choice?

Check out my reflection on the Easter Sunday readings at From the Pews in the Back, entitled “What If Resurrection Is A Choice?“.  You can also find this entry cross-posted on God’s Politics, a blog by Jim Wallis & Friends.

March 29, 2010

Silence.

“We don’t need a moment of silence.  There has been too much silence already. I propose noise—a moment of clapping.” A woman said this to Karen during her recent trip to Honduras. Along with a group of students from Harvard Divinity School, Karen was there to learn from the women of this rural Honduran community [...]

March 7, 2010

The Burning Bush and the Patient Gardener

Check out my latest post on From the Pews in the Back.  It’s a reflection on this Sunday’s liturgical readings entitled, “The Burning Bush and The Patient Gardener.”

February 22, 2010

A Thirsty Lent

My friends over at The Church Is Alive invited me to post as a guest blogger during their Lenten fundraiser campaign to raise $5000 to build a water well in Africa.  Check out my post, “A Thirsty Lent“, and contribute to their fundraising effort if you are so inclined…

March 18, 2009

Lenten Laziness (or a Catalyst for Self-Reflection)

I have a hot and cold relationship with the current liturgical season, Lent.  On one hand, the season’s invitation of intentional fasting, almsgiving, and prayer has led to significant instances of self-reflection and change in the past. One year I gave up television and instant messenger after realizing how much time I wasted on dull sitcom reruns [...]