I wrote a series of Lent reflections for a Mennonite magazine: Leader. They had to edit them down quite a bit to fit the magazine’s parameters. Below is my unedited reflection on the Scripture passages for the first Sunday of Lent.
Lent 1: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV15 The Lord God put the man [...]
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Title: Home away from home
Date: February 17, 2008
Texts: Gen 12:1-4Gen 12:1-4English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV12 The Lord Chooses Abram
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Title: God is home
Date: February 10, 2008, 1st Sunday of Lent
Texts: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV15 The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it.
16 But the Lord told him, “You may eat fruit from any tree in the [...]
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Title: Watered Gardens
Date: February 6, 2008, Ash Wednesday
Texts: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17Joel 2:1-2, 12-17English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVLocusts and an Enemy Army
1 Sound the trumpet on Zion,
the Lord’s sacred hill. Warn everyone to tremble! The judgment day of the Lord is coming soon.2 It will be [...]
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In preparing for Ash Wednesday, I’ve been going over the lectionary readings, reading Isaac’s non-sermoned sermon from last year, and browsing the resources over at textweek. Following is a mini-sermon I may give tomorrow if my voice holds up.
Ash Wednesday is an uncomfortable day and a day full of paradoxes. The [...]
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