We are delighted that Bobby Gross, author of Living the Christian Year and who has contributed previous series during Lent and Advent, has agreed to write a new series of Lenten reflections on the theme of humility. Most of us are just trying to live our lives, do our jobs, love our family and friends, and be good neighbors in the world as it is, with all of its beauty and brokenness, possibility and precarity, hope and heartache. We do our best to navigate the cross-currents with God’s help. Sometimes, we sail … [Read more...] about Lenten Humility: Accepting our World-changing Inability
Lenten Humility: Acknowledging Our Intellectual Fallibility
We are delighted that Bobby Gross, author of Living the Christian Year and who has contributed previous series during Lent and Advent, has agreed to write a new series of Lenten reflections on the theme of humility. “I could be wrong.” These are the words of someone with humility about what they think and how they think. To say them is to acknowledge that we are fallible in our intellectual faculties and that we cannot be fully certain that what we know to be true and right is true and right. We might do well to … [Read more...] about Lenten Humility: Acknowledging Our Intellectual Fallibility
Science Corner: Ask Your Parents Where Life Comes From
Lent is halfway through, we've set our clocks ahead, and Peeps are on the store shelves. It must be nearly spring, and so soon young men's fancies will lightly turn to thoughts of life. New life will be everywhere: blooming flowers, baby birds, buzzing cicadas. We know where this life comes from. But where did the first life come from? That remains a mystery, yet one which many young folks of all sorts seek to unravel. One group in Scotland has gone so far as to build their own "Chemputer" to help, and its first results … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Ask Your Parents Where Life Comes From
Lenten Humility: Recognizing Our Circumstantial Vulnerability
We are delighted that Bobby Gross, author of Living the Christian Year and who has contributed previous series during Lent and Advent, has agreed to write a new series of Lenten reflections on the theme of humility. Circumstantial vulnerability? Well, that’s a rather banal truism. We all know that “stuff” happens. Except, many of us generally don’t think bad stuff will happen to us, at least not anytime soon. Which is arguably good. I don’t think we should go around with excessive fear or gnawing … [Read more...] about Lenten Humility: Recognizing Our Circumstantial Vulnerability
Lenten Humility: Admitting our Moral Culpability
We are delighted that Bobby Gross, author of Living the Christian Year and who has contributed previous series during Lent and Advent, has agreed to write a new series of Lenten reflections on the theme of humility. In this series of Lenten reflections on the virtue of humility, we add to last week’s rehearsal of our human mortality a fresh recognition of our moral inadequacy (to put it mildly). In this pairing, we align with Psalm 90, which dramatizes these as fundamental marks of the human condition. Immediately … [Read more...] about Lenten Humility: Admitting our Moral Culpability