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The Past and Present of Ash Wednesday
I arrived at Church of the Resurrection unfamiliar with liturgical practice and the church calendar. One of my first interactions with the Resurrection community occurred on Ash Wednesday in 2008, at the evening service. I was ushered into my Lenten journey that year by a time of special repentance, even without any foreknowledge of the purpose of Ash Wednesday, and my spirit was quickened tremendously in preparation for Easter. I hope what follows is helpful as a reminder to those of you who are already familiar with Ash Wednesday, and helpful as new information for those of you who aren’t!
I arrived at Church of the Resurrection unfamiliar with liturgical practice and the church calendar. One of my first interactions with the Resurrection community occurred on Ash Wednesday in 2008, at the evening service. I was ushered into my Lenten journey that year by a time of special repentance, even without any foreknowledge of the purpose of Ash Wednesday, and my spirit was quickened ...Continue Reading
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Proverbs Devotional Day 19
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22
We had been tent-bound for three days, and it looked like we’d be stuck for a fourth and possibly a fifth. Everything was wet- the precipitation had not stopped for more that seventy continuous hours. The ripstop nylon of our tent flapped constantly in the tempest- we regularly had to brace the tent with our bodies to prevent the poles from snapping in the strong mountain gusts. Sleep was interrupted several times an hour for this reason, as was all conversation and any attempt at cooking what was left of our dwindling food supply. To add to the situation, it was the end of almost 80 days spent together in the backcountry. We were ready to go home, but couldn’t. It should have been a depressing, claustrophobic, and maddening few days.
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 We had been tent-bound for three days, and it looked like we’d be stuck for a fourth and possibly a fifth. Everything was wet- the precipitation had not stopped for more that seventy continuous hours. The ripstop nylon of our tent flapped constantly in the tempest- we regularly had to ...Continue Reading
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