Our ||40days|| journey through Lent continues this fourth week with attention to the theme: 'listen'. In previous weeks, we have looked at the journey of Lent, the need to acknowledge things in our lives, and then to turn from them. But what should we turn toward? If we are to turn away from sin, evil, distractions, and …
||40days|| week three: turn from busyness
What was your schedule like this week? Did you rush around from one event or meeting to another? Did you feel like there wasn't enough time for everything and everyone? Legislators in the 1950s expected that as technological advances were made, people would have less work to do and more free time in their lives. …
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||40days|| week three: turn from distraction
Recent studies show that we are more distracted than ever before. A documentary entitled Digital Nation, featured a study of multitasking MIT students who attempted to complete more work by simultaneously doing five or six tasks. The students assumed they were more efficient by doing this, yet the study revealed that they were actually slower …
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||40days|| week three: turn from evil
When I say the word 'evil' what comes to your mind: a scene from a horror movie, vile dictators, your boss? 'Evil' is not a word that's bandied about very easily anymore and is considered by some to be an outmoded concept that doesn't apply to life anymore. Still, most people would recognize evil in …
||40days|| week three: turn from sin
Continuing our journey through Lent to the Cross with Jesus, we move from the focus upon acknowledging our sin last week to turning from sin - denying its power - this week. It is one thing to face our sins - to name them for what they are - but that is merely one step …
Matthew Erickson 