As I mentioned yesterday in my post about Ash Wednesday, I didn’t grow up in a liturgical environment. Traditions likes Ash Wednesday and Lent were foreign to my good Baptist upbringing and me. In recent years I have learned more about liturgical styles of worship. I’ve learned more about different liturgical seasons like Lent. BeforeRead more
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Today Christians all around the world will don an ash cross on their forehead in celebration of Ash Wednesday. I grew up in a Baptist church and don’t have a very liturgical or traditional background. Until a few years ago I didn’t even know what Ash Wednesday was and, even then, thought it was somethingRead more
Yesterday I wrote about our weekend at winter camp. I went up to camp early, but by the time the rest of our group headed to camp the inclement weather forced them to turn around. I spent the first half of camp surrounded by other churches without my students. I felt really weird waiting forRead more
This past weekend we had our student ministry’s winter camp. We headed up to our local mountains in order to get away, spend some time building community and growing closer to God. At least that was the plan. While it wasn’t nearly as severe as the blizzard that pounded the East Coast, there was aRead more
Much like all of the other Harry Potter books, The Deathly Hallows has really picked up towards the end. I didn’t know if there were enough pages left to resolve horcuxes and hallows but it seems like we are racing towards a satisfying conclusion. I really enjoyed the break-in at Gringott’s and can’t wait toRead more
Yesterday I wrote about Disney’s plan to expand the Star Wars universe. Its plans includes releasing Episodes 7, 8 and 9 over the course of six years as well as standalone movies for some existing characters. On the heels of that news, rumors have already surfaced that Disney is planning on giving Boba Fett andRead more