For the last few days, I have been feeling like I'm about to get a cold. To combat this, I have been extra careful to strengthen my body so that I can hopefully avoid getting sick at all. I have been taking vitamins, going to bed early, getting lots of rest, and drinking lots of … Continue reading Lent Reflection: Spiritual Vitamins
Lent Reflection: Always At Work
"I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me." -Psalm 119:75 "Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?" -Romans 2:4 In a Bible study that I’m currently leading, there is a young … Continue reading Lent Reflection: Always At Work
Lent Reflection: The Gospel Today
God did an amazing thing through His Son Jesus by sending Him to die in order to redeem us. Although we cannot fathom the burden that Christ bore on the cross, we can cherish and be in awe of its implications in our hearts and lives today. The beauty of the story of Jesus Christ … Continue reading Lent Reflection: The Gospel Today
Lent Reflection: All of Me for All of Him
"Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." -Mark 12:30 God wants to be with you. It’s all He's ever wanted, that's why He made you. Look at Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They walked with … Continue reading Lent Reflection: All of Me for All of Him
Lent Reflection: A Transformational Time
In my Christian Spirituality class at Messiah College we were talking about the Holiness Tradition recently. Before I dive into some thoughts I have of the class discussion, let me provide some background. For the class, we are reading Richard Foster’s Streams of Living Water. In the book there are six traditions discussed: The Contemplative … Continue reading Lent Reflection: A Transformational Time