Tag: Lent
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The Hidden Angels of Lent: A Reflection on Temptation
The Easter angels may not be as flamboyant at the Christmas ones, there is no singing, no heavenly choirs, no grand announcements or lifesaving warnings. No visions or messages spoken in dreams, but they are there. Hidden away without dazzling lights, golden wings, or halos made from tinsel, dressed in civvies and disguised as servants,…
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Ashes to Ashes: Understanding Lent, A Time for Reflection and Renewal
Lent feels miserable. Just as we are coming out of the doom and gloom of Winter and Spring is upon us, the church sends us spiralling back down. But does this have to be the case? We could think of lent as a health spa for the soul. What do we need to be cleansed…
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Lent and Easter
This year’s Easter preparations focus on the Lenten season with the “Ashes to Ashes” Retreat, which includes Biblical meditations on human existence. A “Retreat in a Box” with guided materials is available for personal retreats, and resources for church leaders are provided. Additionally, various gifts to enhance spiritual observation are offered.
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Ashes to Ashes
We often think of lent as a time of loss, of deep and possibly even painful soul searching and repentance. This year I have found joy in the being known and loved by God who seeks to draw us closer to the heartbeat of of the Divine.
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Lament and Determination
For Ukrainians, an underestimated nation of pride and faith, there is lament and grief, but there is also hope and determination in their faith. For us, as we reel from one tragedy to the next, it is OK to lament, it is godly and spiritual and Lent is the perfect time for laying ourselves bare…
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Are We in Business?
Building any business during a pandemic is complicated, if not impossible. I haven’t yet made a loss on any retreat, which is good news, I have only had positive feedback, and have even had repeat custom. As a ministry this is good, Godly, growth, but I have to account for it as a business.
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Glow Up!
Moses has been in communion with God, in their favourite place, their sacred space for forty days and nights without food or drink. When Moses returns down the mountain to deliver the ten commandments to the Israelites his face is literally glowing with the after affects of time spent in God’s presence.