Ash Wednesday - March 9, 2011
A Lenten Prayer
The Lenten season begins.
It is a time to be with you, Lord, in a special way, a time to pray, to fast, and thus to follow you on your way to Jerusalem, to Golgotha, and to the final victory over death. I am still so divided. I truly want to follow you, but I also want to follow my own desires and lend an ear to the voices that speak about prestige, success, pleasure, power, and influence.
THE RELINQUISHED LIFE
Our Substance Blessed
Walk in Light
March 4th.
COULD THIS BE TRUE OF ME?
"But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself." Acts 20:24 It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered over with Christian sentiment.
We experience a great sense of the wonder, boldness, and overwhelming awe of God through our relationship with the Holy…
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In Freedom of Simplicity Foster gently encourages us to see that our identity, our sense of comfort and security must…
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Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows…
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It is doubtful if, in 1972, those attending one of Jim Cymbala's worship services in a run-down Brooklyn church imagined…
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One of my all time favorite songs. Sums up the struggle for letting Christ live through me rather than me…
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A video of For My Ashes by Duke Divinity students from 2008. Through its minor chords and rising melody this…
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Loving others is not easy,
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Surprise us with love at daybreak;
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One of the sad aspects of humanity is our jadedness,
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How do birds soar?
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Scripture
Isaiah 57:15 For this is what the high and exalted One says—
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Isaiah 49: 8 This is what the Lord says:
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Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows…
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This is the second part of three talks by NT Wright at Harvard University in November, 2008 on the topic…
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Acts 2.1-21; John 7.37-39; a sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of Pentecost, 11 May 2008, by the…
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Zechariah 9.9-17; Luke 19.28-48; A sermon for Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011, In the University Chapel of St Salvator, St…
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