Praise and glory belong to You alone, everlasting Father. Save me from the pit of despair. I have tried to do life on my own and I’m tired, weak and worn out. I am desperate for You. I surrender-my will, my ways, my agenda. Take all of me. I believe You are who you said …
Author: Derek Melanson
Poem of the Week: Lent Week Four
“Primary Wonder” by Denise LevertovDays pass when I forget the mystery.Problems insoluble and problems offeringtheir own ignored solutionsjostle for my attention, they crowd its antechamberalong with a host of diversions, my courtiers, wearingtheir colored clothes; cap and bells. And thenonce more the quiet mysteryis present to me, the throng's clamorrecedes: the mysterythat there is anything, …
Theological Quote of the Week: Lent Week Four
The self-denial involved in the period of Lent isn’t about just giving up chocolates or beer; it’s about trying to give up a certain set of pictures of God which are burned into our own selfish wants. Rev. Rowan Williams (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
Scripture of the Week: Lent Week Four
As soon as it was morning, having held a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, the chief priests tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. So Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "You say so." And the chief priests accused …
Carl Trueman and “The New Public Liturgy”
To understand some of the reasons why our current culture is the way it is, I recommend Carl Trueman’s book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self or his more recent book, Strange New World. Below is a video where Trueman presents some of the ideas from these books. I think he explains things …