“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Lenten Focus: Saeed Abedini
For more on my Lenten Focus, see yesterday’s post. A quick summary is that I am spending Lent fasting and praying for the Persecuted Church, and I invite you to join me. Today, I’ll be praying for Saeed Abedini, an Iranian-born U.S. citizen who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than two years. He […]
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My Lenten focus
Like the weird, “doesn’t quite fit in the box evangelical” that I am, I celebrate Lent. And you should, too. I wrote a whole treatise on the whys and wherefores, so if you aren’t convinced by my command, you can read my argument. This year, the Church is faced with a level persecution that it […]
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The focus of the fast
There’s an interesting article on the Federalist website about the dangers of observing Lent. I see the author’s point, although I disagree with his conclusions. He writes, “We all desperately want to believe that sin is outside of us, something that goes into us and defiles us. That it is a particular act, or behavior, […]
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Terrible Tuesday: Spring break edition
Except that, as homeschoolers, we’re not getting a spring break. We don’t have cello lessons or softball practice, so that’s something. We do get breaks, we just are less formal in scheduling them. For example, the great stomach bug of early February resulted in several days off. But for the rest of you on spring […]
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Observing Lent
Today is the first day of Lent, the 40 days of fasting before Easter (Not including Sundays, always a feast day, so the time period is actually a little longer than 40 days.) As someone who comes from a very informal religious tradition, I came late to this rather formal religious observation. However, it’s become […]
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Whys and Wherefores of Lent for Protestants
More so than in past years, I’ve noticed more questions from my fellow Protestants about why we would or even should observe Lent. That, of course, ties into a larger question of how and why we observe a liturgical calendar at all. And yes, even the people who just shuddered at the term “liturgical calendar” […]
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Lenten Devotions, Part IV
And now for the finale. Sort of. Life has been so frantically frantic and we’re taking a roadtrip, so I haven’t finished looking up the music. BUT I will be updating this week and will hopefully have everything finished before Easter. It’s important to have goals. Ahem: the ornaments for the last eleven days. 31st […]
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Lenten Devotions, Part 3
Welcome to the third installment of our Lenten Tree ornaments and songs. Our tree is starting to get a little crowded, but the kids are really getting into it now. I’m afraid they are going to want ornaments with our family devotions every morning. Apparently they didn’t get the memo that I am not crafty. […]
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Lenten Devotions Part 2
For those interested in the Lenten Tree devotions, here are the ornaments for days 11-20. 11th day: bronze snake & pole; 12th day: veil; 13th day: the tabernacle; 14th day: a rock; 15th day: a priest The dancing scenes are worth seeing again and against. #17 Bo Jackson – One was viagra no prescription cut […]
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Lenten Devotions, Part 1
This year, I participated in a Lenten Tree ornament swap organized by a very impressive friend. The book I’m using is Lenten Tree by Dean Meador Smith. Some of my friends asked me to post the ornaments and I’ll also post links to songs suggested in the devotions. My plan is to do 4 posts […]
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