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Lent is My Favorite Season

You have heard me say, many times I am sure, how much I am grateful that we worship God by following a seasonal calendar throughout the year. And possibly you have also heard me say that Lent is my favorite season in the church calendar. I really like Epiphany too, but Lent is my favorite. I was glad, for my own spiritual journey, to be able to preach on Ash Wednesday and talk about my understanding of Lent as the opportunity that God gives us to look honestly at ourselves within a context of safety…

On the Edges of Life

Mark 9:1-5
Mark doesn’t waste a lot of words on his introduction of Jesus. Jesus enters the frame without detail or ceremony as he steps into the water to be baptized by John. Remember that Mark is actually the earliest of the four gospels, so this is the very first time in the Gospels that we meet Jesus.
Now, at the beginning of lent, we encounter Jesus once again in this earliest account of his life and ministry…

Ann Lockhart: Stewardship

I was raised in a Baptist church in the South. Stewardship was always a part of our lives and our conversations. My parents, my Sunday school teachers all talked about offering, giving, tithing, above a whisper. If I had actually listened to a sermon back then, I’m sure the pastor talked about it too. I knew that to tithe meant to give a tenth, from a very young age. My parents made it easy for the three of us kids. We all earned a dollar allowance regardless of our age, paid to us on Saturday evenings, in dimes…