(Editor’s Note: We are doing a seven-part series on Lenten Practices in an Age of Anxiety, which will run every Wednesday starting with MaryKate Morse’s reflection on lament to begin this Ash Wednesday. May this series help you enter more intentionally and thoughtfully into your Lenten journey.)
I have completed the thirty days of Sheloshim, a mourning period for the death of my dad.1 My grief journey began when the last two breaths passed from my father’s mouth to my face. And now during Lent, you and I are journeying towards the inevitable death of Jesus. I am also acutely aware that when Jesus died, no one had their arms around him, with their face to his face…
In the beginning chapters of Genesis, we are confronted with the first murder in humanity’s history.
Cain, the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, kills his younger brother Abel in jealousy and rage. When God asks Cain where his brother…
“Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all…
In an age in which the church is so divided, we would do well to reflect often on the theme of unity.
But what really is unity; what does it look like in practice?
If there is any hope for…
I’ve always felt bad that my faith story does not involve a “religious experience.”
When other evangelical pastors, leaders, and fellow Christians take turns sharing their “conversion story,” speaking of dramatic experiences at altars, retreats, and recovery meetings, mine seems…
