Lent

Article A Seasonal Journey
- By John D.I. Essick
- Posted on February 13th, 2012
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12 Perhaps no prophet is more representative of the Lenten season than Jeremiah, and no psalm more appropriate for repentance than Psalm 51…
Article Read the Signs
- By Victoria Atkinson White
- Posted on February 12th, 2012
Numbers 21:4-9 On a recent road trip, my three-year-old niece Maya was driving her parents crazy. She needed juice, followed by a cookie, and then she needed to go to the…
Article Why Lent?
- By Clifton Stringer
- Posted on February 11th, 2012
Last year on Ash Wednesday, a kind woman from the congregation I serve asked me, “Why Lent? Why should Christians observe a season called Lent?” She was a longtime…
Article Seven Essential Questions: A Lenten Series
- By Martin Thielen
- Posted on January 30th, 2012
Both lifelong Christians and people on the edges of the church have some of the same basic questions about life and faith. Lent is the perfect time to explore these questions…
Article What's Your Lent Study Style?
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on January 25th, 2012
Lent is a time of preparation for Easter, but it means different things to each of us. We prepare in different ways. Some focus on Jesus' time in the wilderness, some on Holy…
Article Easter Cantata Review: The Song Everlasting & Yes, My Jesus Loves Me
- By Jackson W. Henry
- Posted on January 24th, 2012
It is wonderful for church musicians everywhere when composers compile selections that are usable throughout the year. Joseph Martin and Mary McDonald have created some very…