Sher Gerber
Tending Sacred Spaces
Tag: lent
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Still Wandering
Perhaps at this mid-point in Lent, you are weary of hearing of deserts and fasting; enough with mortality, death, temptation and testing. Let’s get to the celebration; let’s get to Easter. But we cannot rush through the dry places. We cannot hurry the journey through the wilderness. As we know from our experiences, growth never…
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Into the Wilderness
Just like your life is organized around different rhythms—the seasons, the rotation of months, the school year—so, too, the life of the church follows a cycle of rituals and celebrations. Following the excesses of Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday comes with its invitation to remember our mortality. While our contemporary culture encourages us to live in…
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Lenten Retreat
In one week, Christians around the world will receive the imposition of ashes as part of the liturgy and remembrance of Ash Wednesday. This begins the liturgical season of Lent. Lent is a season where we give up something to make more space It is about seeing more clearly. Listening more closely. Seeking after God…
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Fight Like Jesus
Just a few weeks post-op, I found myself standing in an unfamiliar pulpit, preparing to preach to a crowd of people who were mostly unknown to me. My hands were a bit shaky (a side effect of temporary medications); I had tried on too many outfits (in an attempt to figure out which what would…