This first Friday in Lent Evelyn Underhill encourages us that “All we do must be grounded in worship. First lift up our eyes to the hills, then turn to our own potato field and lightly fork in the manure” (18).
Our spiritual lives are a reflection of our worship habits and practices. Our souls are thirsty [...]
Archive for February, 2009
First Friday in Lent w/Evelyn Underhill
Posted in Lent, tagged Lent on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do we know what we are praying for?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Prayer on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Justin is one of my sons. He brings lot’s of joy to the Bosnick family. I have been reflecting on a prayer I have been praying from him and Benjamin for some time. I pray often they would grow strong and deep in their faith in Jesus. That a faith would develop in them [...]
Beautiful Ash Wednesday
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Even the title has an ominous sense to it. I imagine for some anticipating Lent is like anticipating the Winter and Spring rains of Vancouver. Days and sometimes weeks of mist, downpours, fog and cloud. But there is something else stirring amidst the rain and cloud of Vancouver. Bud push their way out onto bare [...]
LENT 2009: Dying to Live (Wed Feb 25 – Sat Apr 11)
Posted in Lent, tagged Lent on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The season of Lent is quickly coming and with this season comes a spiritual invitation for us to engage in practices of fasting and feasting. … Do we believe that only God’s presence can satisfy our souls and that as Jesus said to his disciples after speaking with the women at the well when they encouraged him to eat, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
Lent Reading
Posted in Lent on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well. Since my last post dealt with Lenten Reading why not start fresh with this years reading. Three books to recommend this year.
1. A fictional story by Wendell Berry Jayber Crow.
2. Becoming the Answer to our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
3. The Way of the Heart by Henri [...]
