Awakened by the Spirit

February 14 – March 31st (except Sundays)

Image by Alexander Shchukin:
https://www.flickr.com/…/51657226150/in/photostream/

~ from a post on the Lutherans Connect Facebook page

During Lent, we remember the journey Jesus made into the desert, and then into the life of ministry that ultimately brings him to the way of the Cross.  Making space for reflection, fasting and prayer is how Christians have marked these days throughout the ages.  Lutherans Connect invites you to make space for that journey, by joining us daily (except Sundays) from Ash Wednesday until Palm Sunday and every day in Holy Week.  As usual, we will bring together scripture readings, poetry, music, reflection, and images from a wide range of ecumenical traditions in a daily online devotion.

This Lent, we will reflect on what scripture tells us about sleeping, waking up, and being awakened, as part of the journey we make through our own transformation.  We will investigate how waking up in the biblical story is often a moment in which there is new knowledge, a new path, and closer ties with God.  How can these stories help us hold fast to God as we struggle to build God’s realm in the world?

We will also focus on the ways in which awakening, learning, and raising our own consciousness — affects us individually and communally.  As we struggle with all of the different crises in our world, what are the remarkable ways in which Creation, and our own human societies, have found to keep going, to regenerate, renew and restore life, even as we also continue to have catastrophic impacts?

Join us, starting February 14th and find out.  And may the peace of Christ be with you in your Lenten journey!

The devotions may be accessed from the Lutherans Connect Facebook page or their blog.