Feb 07 2008
Ash Wednesday
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. (If you don’t know what that is you can look here for a short but clear explanation.) I was able to help plan a service at my church. It was a powerful and wonderful day, and a few over 400 people showed up. It was a self-paced directed prayer experience.
One of the ideas on which it focuses is the intertwined judgment and mercy of God. This idea that God’s mercy is what makes me seek God as my judge and that God’s righteousness is what makes me seek God as the agent of mercy in my life has become increasingly important to me. I wrote a reading for this service last year that articulates these thoughts. I had kind of forgotten it and when i reread it this year, it was an overwhelming experience for me. If you are interested and missed the service, you can take a look here. (You will probably need to zoom in to see it easily.)
on the walk
-Ethan
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