A Final Word On Lent

I’ve been challenged to wrap up the Lenten word-a-day challenge (that’s how we interpreted it) with some final thoughts. So here you go… I have to say this past Lent was the most transformational Lent I’ve experienced. And to think it started with a crazy experiment to blog based on a word of the day. So what was so special about this […]

Roots (Lent #46)

Before Bear Grylls. Before Les Stroud (a.k.a. Survivorman). Another man went into the wilderness and survived. For 40 days he wandered. He fasted. He prayed. He was tempted. He survived. As we’ve been drawing attention to through Lent, this season is a remembrance of Jesus’ wilderness journey. Today in the in-between time following his death and before […]

Far (Lent #45)

How far would God go to demonstrate God’s love for us? That question was answered tonight during a Good Friday observance I participated in. As it came time for me to pound a nail into a beam as we remembered Jesus being nailed to the cross, I was brought low by the retelling of Jesus’ sacrifice. Such a simple thing to swing a […]