AN INVITATION TO WILDERNESS

“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ….” (Luke 4:1)

The forty days of Lent represents the time Jesus spent in the wilderness, enduring the temptation of Satan and preparing to begin his ministry. Lent invites us to enter into and explore the landscape of our own, spiritual wilderness. In this blog post, I would like to invite the reader to explore with me some ideas about what such a journey might look like, feel like, what tools we need before venturing into our own “wilderness,” and benefits of such a journey. (Note: a shortened version of this blog post appears HERE .)



(Christ in the Wilderness, Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

Be The Light!

What day is this, December 21, 2014?

It's the Sixth Day of Hanukkah

It's the 2014 Winter Solstice

It's the Fourth Sunday in Advent

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No matter what our faith, as we light a candle, 

let us remember that even on the longest of nights, 

the light shines in the Darkness.  

The Darkness cannot comprehend the light, yet neither can the Darkness overcome the Light. 

(1 John 1:5)

In whatever way is available to us, 

may each of us make a decision to be the light.