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LENTEN DEVOTIONALS

As part of our Lenten journey, we will be posting reflections, prayers, and disciplines and practices from a variety of sources. Click on the links below as we journey together to Easter.

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Welcome to Musings! As participants in the conversations on this blog, we covenant together that we will maintain a spirit of good will, of openness to each other, and of mutual respect in our discussions; that we will listen to each other and endeavor to understand each other, especially those whose views differ from ours; and that we will remember that we are brothers and sisters in Christ.

Why Musings?

  • The Musings Page will be a place to consider thought-provoking, evocative, sometimes polemical but not overtly political, writings, quotes, ideas, and poetry on the Christian life in all its facets: spiritual, religious, ethical, and practical.

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Musings

Shiver of Fear

We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God’s coming at Christmas that we no longer feel the shiver of fear the God’s coming should arouse in us.  We are indifferent to the message, taking only the pleasant and agreeable out of it and forgetting the serious aspect, that the God of the world draws near to the people of our little earth and lays claim to us.  The coming of God is truly not only glad tidings, but first of all frightening news for everyone who has a conscience.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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