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The Extravagance of Lent

April 10, 2019
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Extravagance: that’s not something we usually associate with Lent. Yet, extravagance is key to understanding the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. To be extravagant, to be lavish, to be imprudent, to be over the top and do something no one else would do — yes, these are all key… Read More »The Extravagance of Lent

Fragment Ointment: Applying Care at the Right Time

April 1, 2010
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We sat in a circle around a small table on which a single purple candle burned. After slowing reading together on of the psalms from the Hebrew Bible, one of the women read a passage from the Gospel of John. It was a familiar story. Jesus was in Bethany at… Read More »Fragment Ointment: Applying Care at the Right Time

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