Lent

The Hope of Good Friday

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Adrienne Shore

The promise of Good Friday is that when our world is turned upside down, and even our own hearts flee for cover, we have hope. more »

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A Lenten Journey in Paris

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Katherine Millen Worré

This is the ninth, and final, reflection in the Missio Lent series. Read the rest here. One of our family’s most treasured joys of living in Paris is regularly worshiping with others at the American Cathedral. Each Sunday, people from all … more »

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Lenten Lights

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Heather Cady

This is the eighth reflection in the Missio Lent series. Read the rest here. It is early morning when I head into the living room via the coffee pot in the kitchen. On autopilot, I take a tall mug out of … more »

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The Leaky Cisterns of False Selves: Vocation, Repentance, and Lent

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Jason McMartin

This is the seventh reflection in the Missio Lent series. Read the rest here. Frequently spiritual leaders remind us that we are more than our professions. Rarely though, are we called to repent of our identification with our jobs. Lent prompts … more »

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God’s Greening Work

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Laura Merzig Fabrycky

This is the sixth reflection in the Missio Lent series. Read the rest here. This past Sunday marks the mid-point in Lent. It’s been called “Laetare Sunday” derived from the Latin introit used for the day within the Catholic Mass; “laetare” … more »

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Moving Home

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Megan Johnson

This liturgical season of Lent invites us to slow down and notice the Holy Spirit dwelling here, creating a home within us. Lent is a good season to allow God to make his home within us more intentionally, to be present with him wherever we are. more »

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Moving Into the Greater Desires: An Interview with Jen Pollock Michel

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Laura Merzig Fabrycky

For the Missio Lent series, TWI’s Laura Fabrycky spoke recently with Jen Pollock Michel about her book, Teach Us to Want (IVP, 2014). Jen Pollock Michael is a writer, speaker, and mother of five. She writes regularly for Her.meneutics.com and … more »

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The Lenten Birthday: What a Little Girl Taught Me about Fasting

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Wendy Merdian

This is the third reflection in the Missio Lent series. Read the rest here. Raised an agnostic, my first exposure to the Bible was when it was sung in the rock-opera Godspell. Fascinated, I was, by the notion that there was a … more »

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The Comfort and Cost of a Clean Heart

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Kristie Jackson

This is the first reflection in the Missio Lent series. Read the rest here. As followers of Christ, we are well acquainted with the call to cultivate the faith of a child, but perhaps an overlooked aspect of child-like faith … more »

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Why We Fast

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Jay Bilsborrow

This is the Shrove Tuesday reflection, the day before the Missio Lent series begins. Read the rest here. Today is Mardi Gras, more affectionately known as Fat Tuesday, a holiday which I have fond memories celebrating while growing up. The … more »

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Well-Said Quotables

"…What is the grand malady of nations? The answer is short. Selfishness…It is important to notice how much Christianity in every way is set in direct hostility to selfishness. Consequently, the public welfare must be inseparable from her prevalence.

One may almost say that the main object and chief concern of real Christianity is to root out our natural selfishness and to correct the false standard it would impose upon us. Christianity seeks to bring us to a just estimate of ourselves, and of all around us…Benevolence-enlarged, vigorous, operative benevolence is her master principle…"

William Wilberforce
Real Christianity
Member of Parliament, 18th-century

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