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Sprinkling Clean (Lent Roll 12)

"I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." 
Ezekiel of Jerusalem

Ezekiel 36:25-28 (a new heart and a new spirit as a baptism of sorts)

#IC 189: Apocalyptic Visions (9/20/16)

#IC 21: Permanent Things I Believe (7/27/10)

Walk The Earth 7  (12/26/13)

 

Transfiguration (Lent Roll 11)

"I wasn't voted most likely to succeed. Instead, it was most likely to be found on a mountaintop in Guadalajara writing the world's most profound three-word sentence." 
The Author

Mark 9:2-13 (when they looked around, they saw no one else with them anymore)

#IC 79: A Farewell Address from the Mountaintop (1/29/12) 

#IC 90: Moments of Epiphany (5/23/12)

#IC 80: Revelation Weekend (2/5/12)

 

Spiritual Articulation (Lent Roll 10)

"As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence." 
Benjamin Franklin

Luke 12:8-12 (the Spirit will tell you what to say)

#IC 21: Permanent Things I Believe (7/27/10)

#90 Moments of Epiphany (5/23/12)

Benjamin Franklin

 

While We Were Weak (Lent Roll 9)

"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in." 
Leonard Cohen

Romans 5:1-11 (we were sinful when Christ stepped in)

#IC 201: The Sound of Sustainability (6/14/17) 

Leonard Cohen - The Future

 

Lost Sheep (Lent Roll 8)

"We do not need to be rescued from God. God is the one who rescues us from death, sin, and destruction. God is the rescuer." 
Rob Bell

Luke 15:1-7 (this fellow Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them, they said)

#IC 131: Christianity 301 (10/22/13)

Rob Bell - Love Wins

 

Examine Yourselves (Lent Roll 7)

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.” 
Carl G. Jung

2 Corinthians 13:5 (test yourself to see if you are living in the faith)

#IC 44: Sacred Friendship (1/27/11)

#IC 227: Some Assembly Required, Chapter 5 (7/6/20)

C. G. Jung - Psychology and Alchemy

 

Gently and With Respect (Lent Roll 6)

"Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and respect." 
Peter of Bethsaida

1 Peter 3:13-17 (how to account for the hope that is in you)

#IC 136: Converse or Convert (1/1/14)

#IC 131: Christianity 301 (10/22/13)