Monthly Archives: March 2014

Into the Heart of Lent — From the Psalms to the Cloud

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Maren

On Mondays I have been sharing a few prayers from our new book “From the Psalms to the Cloud — Connecting to the Digital Era” (Mankin and Tirabassi, Pilgrim Press).In very different ways Sharon Benton and Sonja Ingrebritson’s prayers identify … Continue reading →

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Fractured Parables — Lenten Post 4

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Maren

My Lenten devotion this year is to dwell with the parables …  Lent with the parables … really not so much fractured like fairy tales, but pushed and pinched and pursued and prayed down that long path where they elude … Continue reading →

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Questions

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Maren

Todd Jenkins, poet and photographer, asks questions and invites us to do so. You and I will learn very little about one another or anything else, for that matter, if all we do is ask questions for which we have … Continue reading →

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Lenten spiritual practices for the real world — From the Psalms to the Cloud

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Maren

On Mondays I have been sharing a few prayers from our new book “From the Psalms to the Cloud — Connecting to the Digital Era” (Mankin and Tirabassi, Pilgrim Press). Kip Gilmore-Clough writes “During Lent, I tried a spending fast … Continue reading →

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Fractured parables – Lenten Post 3

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Maren

My Lenten devotion this year is to dwell with the parables …  Lent with the parables … really not so much fractured like fairy tales, but pushed and pinched and pursued and prayed down that long path where they elude … Continue reading →

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Perspectives … more wrestling with the potential “holy-ruptcy” of the liberal church

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Maren

Earlier this year R. Matthew Stevens began a conversation with his essay, “It Ain’t Easy Being Liberal” which reflected on his own United Church of Canada. This second article “Perspectives” carries the discussion further and invites the response of people … Continue reading →

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Prayer for St. Patrick’s Day and for Spring Cleaning — From the Pslams to the Cloud

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Maren

Collect for St. Patrick’s Day God, who makes a saint of Brigit with a milk-miracle and a beer-miracle, and who searches for even one lost snake that’s been driven out, teach us Irish gifts – fiddling and potatoes, storytelling and … Continue reading →

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Fractured Parables — Lenten Post 2

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Maren

My Lenten devotion this year is to dwell with the parables … thirty-two or forty-six or forty-eight and what about those Thomas parables? Lent with the parables … really not so much fractured like fairy tales, but pushed and pinched … Continue reading →

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Abram Hears … poem by Celeste McQuarrie

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Maren

Just got this poem from Celeste McQuarrie and it is apt for Sunday’s text so I’m sharing it now. Thanks for this gift.  Abram Hears With the restlessness of a wanderer You fidget and wait, swaying Like the trees at … Continue reading →

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Lenten / Easter resource from Aotearoa / New Zealand

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Maren

Rosalie May Sugrue of Aotearoa/New Zealand has a new book out that resources groups of any age for the church year, and has particular offerings for Lent and Easter. Since we are in the midst of Lent I will go … Continue reading →

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