Lent 2015
Busy planning our series for Lent. Check back for reflections, worship aids, and tools for spiritual growth beginning Feb. 18. The post Lent 2015 appeared first on Local Church Revival.
View ArticleHome Worship Idea: Ash Wednesday Celebration
Symbol Ashes of the past Gathering Prayer Holy one, we come from all corners of the Earth to meet you in this special moment. (Pause for silence) Let us keep our eyes on Jesus the Christ, the pioneer...
View ArticleConsider Forgiveness: Lent Book Suggestions
I’m reading two great books, which might be useful for all you pastor types looking for something to hep inspire your Lenten season. Here they are: Changing the Conversation: The 17 Principles of...
View ArticleWhat is Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent—a season of self-examination, prayer, fasting and works of love. Today many of us will put ashes are on our foreheads as a reminder of our own mortality. They...
View ArticleWill religion evolve or disappear?
“The planet has become informationally transparent in a way nobody could have imagined only forty years ago,” Daniel Dennett, philosopher. “This is wonderful, mostly. Religious institutions that could...
View ArticleAm I a pilgrim?
Lent Seed: The idea of pilgrimage, or pilgrim, often conjures up romantic images of far off lands or monks walking along the trail. However, in practice, one can be a pilgrim without traveling far from...
View ArticleWhat does a journey of faith look like?
Scientists and psychologists often talk about the importance of spirituality for people’s lives. This week I read a post about how having some spirituality can help as one face death, but believing can...
View ArticleAn Oscar Night Reflection, if you missed church…
Readings Genesis 9:8-17 (Noah and the rainbow) Mark 1:9-15 (John baptizing Jesus) Reflection: Let’s call this reflection: if Jesus went to the Oscars. (And, who knows, maybe he did…Although, with Actor...
View ArticleGreat Quote
Richard Niebuhr, said, “Pilgrims are poets who create by taking journeys.” The post Great Quote appeared first on Local Church Revival.
View ArticleWhat does it mean to be religious today?
It’s not news that religion is fading away in importance in the United States. Has been happening for a long time, although a recent PEW religious landscape study is interesting because it makes the...
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