Monuments Attract Outcasts…, Lent 4 (A) – 2002
Monuments attract outcasts. This is as true today as it was in our Lord’s time. Walk outside the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, a.k.a. the National Cathedral, in Washington, […]
The Story of the Prodigal Son Is…, Lent 4 (C) – 1998
The story of the Prodigal son is one of the best known of all the stories in the Gospels. It is easy to see why, since it connects immediately to […]
New Lenten Materials Now Available
By Heather Melton, UTO staff officer Back by popular demand, UTO gratitude resources for Lent are now available at unitedthankoffering.org/lent. The materials have been expanded and updated to better support those […]
Pastoral Letter from the House of Bishops 5th Sunday in Lent – April 1, 2001
[…] 1. Dearly Beloved in Christ: Grace and peace be with you in these days of Lent as we journey with our Lord up to Jerusalem and through the cross into […]
Lenten resources for a spirit-filled season
The holy season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10, and continues to the festive day of Easter on March 27. Resources for Lent 2016 from the Episcopal Church […]
Daily Meditations and an Invitation for Lent
[…] Bible, I want to invite you to join us for the Good Book Club this Lent and Easter. UTO has created a free, downloadable booklet to guide you each week […]
I Must Be On My Way, Lent 2 (C) – 2010
[…] and resurrection mark also the beginning of faith and redemption for us as his people. Lent is our annual reminder of this reality â of the lasting covenant that has […]
It’s Hard Getting God…, Lent 5 (A) – 2002
[…] weave together what the lessons have to say to us on this fifth Sunday in Lent. St. Paul alludes to a dreadful institution: slavery. Slavery was widely practiced in the […]
Go! for Lent: Mark 14:42
[…] his betrayer knowing it would lead to his own arrest, torture, and death. In a Lenten series years ago I heard the question “Why do you follow Jesus?” At the […]
Oh, to Have Been around…, Lent 5 (B) – 2000
[…] which Jews? Was it for the Gentiles, too? If so, which Gentiles? Part of our Lenten journey has been about wrestling with rules in the wilderness. If we have to […]
Go! for Lent: Joshua 1:16
[…] to make new choices as we celebrate the risen lord on Easter morn. Through our Lenten fast, we get to choose in small ways to trust God’s command. Choosing to […]
Bible Study: Lent 1 (C) – 2016
[…] is about gratitude. While people often ask each other what they are giving up for Lent, this penitential season is about far more than sacrificing chocolate, ice cream, or even […]
Episcopal Church offers Lenten resources, meditations
Resources, meditations and study guides for experiencing a reflective Lenten season are available from the Episcopal Church. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s video Lent Message 2013 is here http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/presiding-bishop The […]
Ambassador for Christ, Lent 4 (C) – 2016
[…] how God loves us. God desires our return, which is one of the themes of Lent. We, like sheep, have gone astray. Now, deep in Lent some of us begin […]
The First Sunday in Lent
[…] world mark the restoration of relationships in a variety of ways. Some people celebrated Va lentine’s Day on the 14th of this month as a sign of love shared between […]
Seasonal Blessings
[…] Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday, and All Saints. In place of a seasonal blessing in Lent, a solemn Prayer over the People (Super Populum) is used. The seasonal blessings may […]
Wilderness, Lent 1 (B) – 2018
[…] and as community must go, because out of the wild comes new life. During this Lenten season of fasting and focus, of praying and preparing, we are tempted to simply […]
Go! for Lent Luke 17:14
[…] instead of just wandering off or going back home. And that made all the difference. Lent is when we all think about our own sins and failings and how we […]
Lent 5: Purge me from my sin
[…] the Psalm of the day actually calls us back to the very beginning of our Lenten journey. “Create in me a clear heart O God,” cries the Psalmist. “Renew a […]
Quite a Few of Us…, Lent 5 (C) – 2007
Quite a few of us grew up in evangelical churches and were raised on a diet of fiery preaching and gospel hymns. One of the most popular hymns of that […]