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Every Thursday during Lent, I post a poem that I find helpful for deeper engagement with Jesus' journey to the Cross and the significance of Lent. Here is Luci Shaw's poem "Judas, Peter" from Polishing the Petoskey Stone: New and Selected Poems. Luci Shaw has served as a writer in residence at Regent College (Vancouver, …
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Every Thursday during Lent, I post a poem that I find helpful for deeper engagement with Jesus' journey to the Cross and the significance of Lent. Here is Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem "I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark, Not Day." Gerard Manley Hopkins was a Jesuit priest of the Victorian era whose poetry …
Every Thursday during Lent, I post a poem that I find helpful for deeper engagement with Jesus' journey to the Cross and the significance of Lent. Here is Langston Hughes' poem "The Ballad of Mary's Son" from The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance …
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Last year during Lent I posted a poem each week that I have found helpful for deeper engagement with Jesus' journey to the Cross and the significance of Lent. I enjoyed doing that so much last year that I am returning to that practice again this year with another "Poetry for Lent" series. Every Thursday …
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Join us this Wednesday, February 17, at 7 PM, in-person or via live stream for the beginning of our Lenten journey at Eastbrook Church with our annual Journey to the Cross service. Each year, we invite everyone to fast during the day and break the fast by participating in the Lord's Supper together at this …
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Matthew Erickson 