Tag: repentance
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Transfiguration
It was thirty years ago or so when I experienced something I could call a transfiguration story. It was thirty years or so ago when I could relate deeply and truly for the first time to what Peter is going through and saying in the gospel for today. Peter’s experience was on a mountaintop face…
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Lenten Discipline
During the church season of Lent, it isn’t uncommon to hear church-y folks talk about a “Lenten discipline”. Well, at least I know some pastors talk about it and in the liturgy for Ash Wednesday, the congregation will often pledge to commit to the discipline of Lent: repentance, prayer, fasting, and works of love as…
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Ash Wednesday
There were a few chores I really enjoyed while growing up. Feeding the chickens and ducks was always fun, and hanging up the laundry on the clothesline was also something I never minded doing – but the one chore that my brother and I actually fought over getting to do was to carry the trash…