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A Fresh New Taste of God

 

I am writing this on Ash Wednesday, just days after Joyce and I returned from Guatemala. We are grateful to have missed two major snow storms; but we are more grateful for the people we traveled and served with, and most grateful for the people we served. As always, we experienced a fresh new taste of God in the beauty of the country, and the spirit of the people, even as they live amid unspeakable corruption and poverty. We look forward to sharing some of our experiences with you.

 

Lent is a holy, set aside, time for us to prepare for the events of Holy Week and the joy of Easter. It is also a time to seek and be open to a fresh new taste of God. This is my prayer for you—and I cannot say it better than Ann Weems:

 

Lent

Lent is a time to take time

to let the power of our faith story take hold of us,

a time to let the events

get up and walk around in us,

a time to intensify

our living unto Christ,

a time to hover over

the thoughts of our hearts,

a time to place our feet in the streets of Jerusalem

or to walk along the sea and listen to his word,

a time to touch his robe

and to feel the healing surge through us,

a time to ponder and a time to wonder…

 

Lent is a time to allow a fresh new taste of God![1]

 

Peace,

Fritz

 


[1] Weems, Ann. Kneeling in Jerusalem. Westminster John Knox Press: Louisville, 1993. Page 22.

 

 

 


 


 

 

  

  

 

 

 

     

 
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