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Lenten Reflections: Ash Wednesday and the Invitation to Lent

March 2, 2022 by Bobby Gross No Comments

We begin today a series of weekly reflections through the season of Lent, written by Bobby Gross, who contributed the reflections for this past Advent Season. I welcome the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday each year. I look forward to it, actually, which might seem odd to those who think of Ash Wednesday as […]

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Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Lent Tagged With: Ash Wednesday

Science Corner: Get Healthy Fast

March 1, 2017 by Andy Walsh No Comments

This study is the latest result among many which show a range of health benefits from restricting calorie intake or fasting in some fashion.

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Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, fasting, lent, science, science corner

Shoot Christians Say: Lent and Ash Wednesday

February 13, 2013 by John Hundley 5 Comments

Lent is Church language.  For countless jaded Christians the word implies little more than hypocrisy and self-righteousness.  For others it’s that time of year to give up coffee or baked goods for a few weeks.  When some think of it, this might pop into their heads: “It seems like I remember my sin enough without smudging […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, fasting, II Corinthians 5:20b-21, lent, Psalm 51, Psalms, spiritual formation

‘After Shock’ as a resource for wrestling with the crisis in Japan

March 17, 2011 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

How long will you hide your face from me? — Psalm 13:1 How does one Search for (and embrace) Honest Faith when your world is shaken? you’ve watched the world of others being shaken? you serve, minister to, walk with those whose world has been shaken? colleagues, family, friends bring the challenging question of where was […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Resources for ESN Members Tagged With: After Shock, Ash Wednesday, Christine A. Scheller, Christine Sine, Earthquake, Enel Angervil, Godspace, haiti earthquake, Japan Earthquake, Jubilee 2011, Kent Annan, lent, Robots

Lent begins today: Ash Wednesday

March 9, 2011 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

What cannot be admitted — what must exist only as an undefeated but daily resisted enemy — is the idea of something that is ‘our own’, some area in which we are to be ‘out of school’, on which God has no claim. … I do not think any efforts of my own will can […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Resources for ESN Members Tagged With: A Slip of the Tongue, Ash Wednesday, C. S. Lewis, Christine Sine, Godspace, lent, Prayer, The Business of Heaven

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