Lenten Discipline

An ancient custom is the act of "giving something up for Lent."  Most interpret this as meaning that they have to give up some favorite food or activity.  However, it's really about discipline.  It is suggested that Lent may be a time for taking something on, not giving something up.  For example, you can take on a discipline of writing long overdue letters to friends and loved ones, or you could participate in an outreach activity.  Those just may be acts of "giving something up for Lent" -- giving up procrastination, giving up excuses, etc. 

Think about it!

 

Women’s Spring Retreat—Mark Your Calendars Now!

“Everyday Sacred”

 

April 16-17, 2010

Trinity Pines Camp and Conference Center

$12 per person

 

A search for the sacred in everyday life.

 

A time to accept what is placed in our bowl and be grateful.

 

A time for filling our bowl with what is needed

for nourishment in our life.

 

Sign-up is on the bulletin board.

 

 

 

Are you looking for ways to nourish your soul?  Remember and feel again some of the things you have forgotten?

 

Lectio Divina provides a time to be lovingly attentive to the needs of the soul.  There are some things we can learn only in silence—to listen to our heart that longs for the divine.

 

Join us for a time of silence, contemplation, and sharing .

 

Every Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Parlor. Contact Brenda for more info.

 

 
Text Box: Lectio Divina

Staying Connected…Spiritual Formation
Shiny Blue Dove Outline Casting Shadow

Stations of the Cross

1. Jesus is condemned to death.

2. Jesus takes up the cross.

3. Jesus falls for the first time.

4. Jesus meets his mother.

5. The cross is laid upon Simon of Cyrene.

6. A woman wipes the face of Jesus.

7. Jesus falls for the second time.

8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem.

9. Jesus falls for the third time.

10. Jesus is stripped of his garments.

11. Jesus is nailed to the cross.

12. Jesus dies on the cross.

13. Jesus is taken down from the cross.

14. Jesus is placed in the tomb.

15. The tomb is empty.  Jesus is not here, for he has risen.

We simply have to open our eyes to the world in which we have been placed and become then more and more who we are: 

children of God.