Matthew 4:1-11 There is a great deal that can be said about our Gospel reading this First Sunday in Lent — about this so familiar story which ‘launches’ Lent for us every year in one version or another. Indeed, in many seasons I have gone deep into one or another of the ways Jesus is …
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This Time Apart: Entering Lent
Mark 1:9-15 I remember this well. A friend was pastor of a congregation which was then a new mission. As a result, their membership boasted all sorts of people who were relatively young in the faith — or at least that is why I was told they made this decision. “We don’t celebrate the season …
And Suddenly Angels Came…
Matthew 4:1-11 “And suddenly angels came…” I witnessed this this just yesterday…angels tending one of God’s beloved in the wilderness… But first, this: I took a few days off this last week to ‘reset’ a bit. It had been too long since I have had more than a couple of consecutive days away from work …
Gifts for the Wilderness
Matthew 4:1-11 I wonder sometimes if the most challenging part for Jesus in the wilderness was not the tests that came at the end. I wonder if the hard part was those forty days which came before. Indeed, I wonder how it was at day seventeen when not a whole lot was happening yet — …