Tagged Lent

The Weight and Wait of Tenebrae

March 30, 2022

Church Life, Theology

Light seems so much brighter when we are emerging from the darkness. This is why I need that Tenebrae service, to sit and bear witness to the darkness, to recognize it, and then to surrender it. Not surrender to the darkness, but to surrender the darkness.

Again and Again: A Song for Lent

February 27, 2021

Art, Church Life, General

There's lament - “Why are things so broken – again and again – where has all the mercy gone.” But also this gratitude – "again and again"– in the midst of it all, "God’s love remains."

When Jesus Social Distanced Himself

Jennifer Butler and Caleb Lines

April 7, 2020

Global, Practical Justice, Theology

When Jesus denied temptation in the wilderness, he showed us by example how to live.

The Strangest Lent

Britney Winn Lee

April 1, 2020

Church Life, General, Global

Easter is not a day in April as much as it is the moment that love wins, and no matter how long Lent lasts this year, resurrection is coming.

A Modern Adaptation of Isaiah 58 for Lent

March 16, 2020

Church Life, Immigration & Refugees, Peace & Nonviolence

Our Lent should awaken a sense of social justice.

Dialoguing Across Difference: Abortion & Big Tent Theology

February 26, 2020

Politics, Practical Justice, Revival, Theology, Women

We must do better — and it starts with each and every one of us.

The Problem With Lent

February 25, 2020

Church Life, General, Theology

"If we go into the desert of Lent alone, we miss the purpose of Lent."

Rejoicing in the Midst of Sorrow

April 10, 2019

General, Theology

By failing to experience joy, even in the midst of crappy times, we can be engulfed entirely by our circumstances.

Lent Is A Season of Stubborn Hope

April 1, 2019

Lent is the right time to sit with these darker truths.

Incarnate Weirdness (Or How NOT to Give up Social Media)

March 27, 2019

Church Life, General, Theology

Christianity is experiencing the same draining of weirdness that is so inherent to its success.