He has walked his entire life to fulfill his ministry, and now his last steps will take him to the cross. But not yet. First, we wave our palm branches and shout “Hosanna!".
Lenten Day Thirty-four: Terri Cole-Whittaker
“What you think of me is none of my business.” Terri Cole-Whittaker
Lenten Day Thirty-three: Hamlet
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet
Lenten Day Thirty-two: Brennan Manning
"Faith is the courage to accept acceptance.” Brennan Manning
Lenten Day Thirty-One: The Buddha
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone. The Buddha As I sit with this meditation, I imagine what it would be like if no one (including me) criticized or judged anyone else for the rest of thisContinue reading "Lenten Day Thirty-One: The Buddha"
Lenten Day Thirty: Joseph Campbell
"We cannot cure the world of sorrow but we can choose to live in joy.” Joseph Campbell
Lenten Day Twenty-nine: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
March 18, 2024 “There may be worship without words.” Longfellow This blog is a companion piece to Saturday’s, https://spirit-reflections.org/2024/03/16/lenten-day-twenty-eight-thomas-merton/, about the spiritual practice of being silent, of resting in the company of God/Universe/the Divine. This time, though, I’m reflecting on Sunday worship services, for those of us who attend any kind of religious service. HaveContinue reading "Lenten Day Twenty-nine: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Lenten Sabbath Five: George MacDonald
March 17, 2024 Happy Saint Patrick's Day! On this Sabbath day, here is a poem by George MacDonald (1824-1905), not an Irishman but a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. Interestingly, he was also an influential mentor of C. S. Lewis and is a figure in Lewis' novel The Great Divorce. May your dayContinue reading "Lenten Sabbath Five: George MacDonald"
Lenten Day Twenty-eight: Thomas Merton
“Let me rest in Your will and be silent.” Thomas Merton Thomas Merton was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. Most of all, he was a lover of silence, and despite all his other "doings," he found "being" his greatest blessing. Again and again, I, though,Continue reading "Lenten Day Twenty-eight: Thomas Merton"
Lenten Day Twenty-seven: Dennis Linn
March 15, 2024 Photo credit: Pixabay “We become like the God we adore.” Dennis Linn When I began this Lenten series of quotations, I opened with one from Pelagius (c. 354–418), a British theologian who emphasized freedom of choice in salvation and “original goodness” as opposed to “original sin,” and thus was deemed a hereticContinue reading "Lenten Day Twenty-seven: Dennis Linn"
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