Posts Tagged ‘Great Lent’
2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 35
When James and John asked Christ, “Grant us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left, in Your glory,” Jesus responded with a challenge, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that…
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Living in America is a gift some don’t fully appreciate. For the most part, even with the recent violence and financial struggles, we live in basic safety. The ancient world was not so lucky. Societies were often overtaken by conquerors, only to change hands again by other conquerors. Throughout Christian history, the people of God…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 33
Even the most experienced Orthodox eventually get tired of fasting during Great Lent. As we get closer to Holy Week, something is obvious. I am tired of fasting. It doesn’t mean I’m going to stop. It just means I’m honest. It also means that sometimes we question even the most beneficial spiritual challenges. Have you…
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During Great Lent we get so focused on our fasting and extra prayers that we can forget we are not alone. We are on a group journey as a Church, but not only as a Church. As human beings, we share the journey of salvation with every human being. Today is a good reminder of…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 31
If you are keeping up with the readings of the day, you have probably noticed that the Church skipped some verses recently. It isn’t that these verses aren’t important. What is important to keep have in mind is that the readings during Great Lent are reminding us of the beginning and setting us up for…
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We live in a harsh world filled with crime, war, and poverty. Violence rips through our neighborhoods sparing not even little children attending school. It can be difficult to remain faithful that God will ‘make everything ok’ in the end. He has a plan for our salvation, but between now that then, things can get…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 29
We begin the fifth week of Great Lent with a reminder of the sinfulness of humanity and the promise of God for salvation. By the time the week is over we will witness another cycle of sin, destruction, promise, and salvation. For today, God has promised to Abram all the land he could see. He…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 28
When I was young growing up in Colorado, on more than one occasion I had the opportunity to climb a mountain. I will admit I never climbed a giant mountain, not one of those you see in the movies, but it was a mountain. I can still remember the first time my family went to…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 26
This week finishes with another ‘fast forward’ of the ancestry of Noah through Shem. Allow me to recap for a moment. Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel. After Cain killed Abel, they had Seth. From Seth we learned the descendants through Noah, and then on to Shem’s descendants. Today we land on the doorstep…
Read More2023 Daily Lenten Journey – Day 25
There is an old joke among parents. If your children are quiet, they’re up to something. All parents know this to be true. Children who are getting in trouble avoid detection at all costs. As parents we laugh, but as a Church we weep. If left alone, we all eventually get in trouble. These are…
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