Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 2/26/10-Day 9 Listening to the Sermon on the Plane: Part 8 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?”- Luke 6:46 Why is it that we think we can pick and choose as if Holy Scripture was some sort of buffet? Obviously [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening 2/25/10-Day 8 Listening to the Sermon on the Plane: Part 7 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; 44for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. [...]
2/24/10 Day 7 Listening to the Sermon on the Plane:6 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” – Luke 6:38 (NRSV) If cooking is an art, then [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening Day 6 Listening to the Sermon on the Plane: Part 5 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. 36Be merciful, [...]
“ReThink Lent”
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening Day 4- Listening to the Sermon on the Plane: Part 3 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. 23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening Day 5 Listening to the Sermon on the Plane: Part 4 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25“Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening Day 3- Listening to the Sermon on the Plane: Part 2 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.” – Luke 6:21 Can hunger and weeping be an occasion for blessing? There are ways that [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening Day Two- Listening to the Sermon on the Plane: Part 1 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.” – Luke 6:20 (NRSV) Theses words of Jesus seem so counterintuitive and countercultural. What is the [...]
Lent 2010: A Season for Listening Ash Wednesday- Listening for God “Be still, and know that I am God!” – Psalm 46:10 Lent is a time of voluntarily dwelling in the wilderness in response to the call of God on our life. This is a time of facing down our demons and overcoming our addictions. [...]
