Monthly Archives: March 2010
March 12: The Welcome Table
There are many communion songs I like, but one song taught by Pam Rogers and Paula Pree at Wesley UMC, made me feel communion in a different way. It’s called the Welcome Table. I’m gonna sit at the Welcome … Continue reading
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March 11: Adding in Lent
Lots of people try to give up something for Lent—chocolate, smoking, meat—and usually use it as an opportunity to cut out something “bad.” This tradition has always confused me a little bit, because I’ve never thought God really cared if … Continue reading
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March 10: Understanding Holy Communion
In a time when many sacred symbols have lost their power to relate (their numinosity), it is vital to experience the reality to which holy symbols refer. Years ago, a pastor friend of mine told the story of his early … Continue reading
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March 9: The Constant of Communion
I’ve taken communion in all sorts of places: a modern church in Pittsburgh, a retreat center in Louisiana, Camp Wesley Woods in Iowa, a small church in Denmark, the magnificent sanctuary at Metropolitan. The surroundings may differ, even the form … Continue reading
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March 8: Different Every Time
As a fifth grader in Sunday school, I had just recently had my first Communion. I was still fresh with the excitement of finally being able to eat and drink the bread and wine I had so longed desired to … Continue reading
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March 5: Baptism as a Rehearsal for Death
Bishop William H. Willimon wrote a devotional for “Alive Now!” back in 1979 which was so memorable I immediately thought about it when asked to write a piece for this Lenten booklet. It is entitled “A Liberating Word in Water,” … Continue reading
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March 4: The Call to Baptism
Those who know me as an adult may find it difficult to believe that as a child I was extremely shy. I remember a time when I accompanied my mother to the “beauty shop” and hid behind a door out … Continue reading
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March 3: Love Always Perseveres
I’m twenty years old, and single. The concept of marriage and children seldom weighs on my mind for extended periods. I guess part of me always kind of figured that my friends from high school were on roughly the same … Continue reading
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March 2: Committing to the Kingdom
I think most of us take our baptism for granted because it’s usually a ritual performed when we are infants at the decision of our parents because it’s the thing to do. But I was raised Quaker, and they don’t … Continue reading
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March 1: Be Glad You Are Marked
Martin Luther used to encourage faithful people to “remember your baptism and be glad”—and said that he himself gave thanks for his baptism each time he washed his face. What a blessing that God associated the transformative act of baptism … Continue reading
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