Category: Lent 2010

Several days ago I asked a question. “Where do you think all of the things I have been talking about during these Lenten meditations–God’s teachable moments, His inexorable call for repentance and redemption, our attempts to change course in some…

We have been answering the questions of where and how we make the changes in our life to become, to be the person, God is calling us to be. We have already looked at Step 1: Offering ourselves as living…

Yesterday we began trying to answer the questions of where and how do we make the changes in our life to become, to be the person, God is calling us to be. We looked at Step 1: Offering ourselves as…

Question: Where do you think all of the things I have been talking about during these Lenten meditations–God’s teachable moments, His inexorable call for repentance and redemption, our attempts to change course in some or all aspects of our lives,…

From “teachable moments” to the requisite testing, I have moved on from my initial experience examined yesterday to the logical and expected follow-on: the test. Isn’t that normal? You get taught, then you get tested. Why would God be different?…

As I settle in and integrate my experiences from this past weekend (Steven’s great teaching, insights from the other authors, my musings and reactions) I am in the midst (as I am writing this) of an unexpected revelation. I was…

I got back from Johnson City, TN last night after spending four days at Steven James’ Novel Writing Intensive seminar. It was one of those seminal events you experience periodically in life that can change everything that happens afterward and…

I am out of town at an intensive workshop and cannot finish or post my writings. I will do that beginning on Monday. May God continue to touch you during your Lenten experience. Grace and peace.

We are examining the Parable of the Prodigal God (the father in the parable about the dissolute and proper sons – Luke 15:11-32) as discussed by Timothy Keller. What he wants us to learn from this passage turns on the…

Sundays are not counted in the forty days of Lent, so the count marks time, hence today is Day 5S (S for Sunday). Now that we got that out of the way, today we began our Sunday morning Adult Lenten…