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Materialism, prodigality and Lent (Sunday I of Lent)

Let’s begin the Lenten fast again with good grace, and not make it only about giving up one thing or another. Lent is not to be a season of privation only or a negative thing, but rather a positive thing. We remember when Christ said that we should make up our treasures not on earth,Continue reading “Materialism, prodigality and Lent (Sunday I of Lent)”

Reading through the prophecy of Joel

It’s Pentecost Sunday, and the prophet of Pentecost is Joel; so let’s have a run through this short book of prophecy… Joel begins with a great calamity upon the nation of Israel: either some terrible invading army that is figured as swarms of locusts has destroyed the countryside, or else some terrible natural calamity (likeContinue reading “Reading through the prophecy of Joel”