Dear St. Luke’s family,
I love Lent at St. Luke’s! I feel all the parts of the church – worship, fasting, deeper prayer, discipleship, serving, giving – come into sharp focus simultaneously. I love that we practice additional giving as a spiritual discipline through our special Lenten Offering so we can show up for our neighbors in more impactful ways.
I got a deeper appreciation of what it means to be intentional about spiritual practices during the devotion time Pastor Jenn led at our staff meeting this week. It’s about each of us being known, named, and unafraid through our baptism.
• The unafraid are open to the neighbor, while the frightened are defending themselves from the neighbor.
• The unafraid are generous in the community, while the frightened, in their anxiety, must keep and store and accumulate, to make themselves safe.
• The unafraid commit acts of compassion and mercy, while the frightened do not notice those in need.
• The unafraid are committed to justice of the weak and the poor, while the frightened see them only as threats.
• The unafraid pray in the morning, care through the day, and rejoice at night in thanks and praise, while the frightened are endlessly restless and dissatisfied.
If you want to read the whole text click here, it’s powerful!
Unafraid people turn the world upside down (or right side up) - Acts 17:6. Have you ever thought of your openness to neighbor, generosity, compassion, and commitment to justice as being unafraid and turning the world right side up? Our special Lenten Offering is one way of...
