Each Lenten season is different, requiring and asking different demands and disciplines. This year I am committing to more study of scripture with my husband and to writing: here and perhaps starting a book.
I will share the meanderings of my heart and invite you to do the same. Reminder: this is the Internet, not a private domain or bastion for confidential discussions. But there is so much to talk about that seldom gets talked about. So, we will see where the Holy One invites our conversations and thoughts to go. I pray these forty days will bring us liberation, renewal, intentional repentance and restoration.
Thank you for this. I am looking forward to following your postings.
ReplyDeleteRe the book: will it be for daily devotional use, or what?
The book will probably be more oriented toward talking about "church" in America and the experience of being a pastor and professor of theology. In many ways I am troubled by the decline in church attendance and commitment to the discipline of faith while also being anticipatory of what new thing God will raise up.
ReplyDeleteI am not done with one daily reading, but revisit previous postings from time to time. Today I am struck by "being anticipatory of what new thing God will raise up". Thinking about the challenges the Church faces today -- declining attendance, apostasy, etc. -- I came upon something I read, written by H. George Anderson (before he became head of the Lutheran Church of America) in 1966 in THE STORY OF THE CHURCH: "Every age has been given some particular challenge by God, and the way it met that challenge gave the church its special personality during that age. We are not the only generation of Christians that has looked to the future with mixed feelings. Other generations also saw danger and uncertainty ahead; they trusted God, too, and on every page of the past we can read the results of their faith and courage. That's why history is so important; it helps us meet the present and face the future." So, what "new thing" will God raise up -- a return to the bare bones of koinonia?
DeleteI am looking forward to reading your book-we have had many discussions about the decline in church attendance.
ReplyDeleteAs always I will read your blog and post my opinion on what you write about. I enjoy your thoughts & discussion.