Lent – Red Letter Christians

For Love of the World God Did Foolish Things

February 27, 2024

Books, Church Life, Creation & Environment, General, Global, Interfaith, Revival, Theology

For love of the world God does foolish things is my theme for Lent this year. It came from the fact that Ash Wednesday coincided with Valentine’s Day this year, and Easter is the day before April Fool's Day. I ...

Lent 2024 – Surprising Hope

Jarrod McKenna

February 23, 2024

Church Life, General, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Revival, Theology

Transcript of Jarrod McKenna’s Lent reflection on Isaiah 42:1-4 for Common Grace’s 2024 Lent Series Bible Verse - Isaiah 42:1-4 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will p...

Abide in Me: Excerpt from Lent Reflection

Vanessa Stricker

February 24, 2023

General, Interfaith, Theology

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. – John 15:4 (ESV) Sometimes I wonder if we really believe that. Wh...

A Prayer for Those Experiencing Trauma

Kevin "KB" Burns

February 22, 2023

General, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Revival, Theology

Gracious and Eternal God: You are the God and Father of our Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ. Lord God, I thank You for Your grace and Your mercies; And I thank You that Your faithfulness is everlasting; ...

The Weight and Wait of Tenebrae

PJ Riggs

March 30, 2022

Church Life, Theology

Light seems so much brighter when we are emerging from the darkness. This is why I need that Tenebrae service, to sit and bear witness to the darkness, to recognize it, and then to surrender it. Not surrender to the darkness, but to surrender the darkness.

Again and Again: A Song for Lent

The Many

February 27, 2021

Art, Church Life, General

There's lament - “Why are things so broken – again and again – where has all the mercy gone.” But also this gratitude – "again and again"– in the midst of it all, "God’s love remains."