The second of the three great Lenten practices is fasting. A few weeks ago IWS Director of Outreach Maureen Roe wrote an article that called us to the Lenten discipline of increased prayer, prayer that forms us into Christlikeness and increases our own compassion for the corporal and spiritual needs of those we encounter. This...Read More
To help with the seemingly never-ending task of putting song sets together, we’ve rounded nine more songs — some familiar and some new — for you worship leaders to use in your Easter Sunday worship service! Two weeks ago we shared Ten Songs for Easter Sunday Worship. As Easter Sunday quickly approaches, we know that...Read More
Life is complicated and sometimes we need simple directions — even when it comes to prayer. When asked how to improve one’s prayer time, Thomas Merton is said to have responded, “Take the time. Simply take the time to pray regularly, and you will become more prayerful.” I appreciate how direct and simply put Merton’s...Read More
To help with the seemingly never-ending task of putting song sets together, we’ve rounded up ten songs — some familiar and some new — for you worship leaders to use in your Easter Sunday worship service! We know that coming up with a list of songs for Sunday worship that is more than just a...Read More
For many of us, perhaps most of us, the joy of Jesus’ resurrection fades as the vicissitudes of life obscure the celebration. In the midst of the day-to-day challenges of life, how do we rediscover and experience that Easter joy?Read More
A year ago during Lent, I memorized the “Exsultet” the mid-1st millennium-chant that opens the Saturday night Easter Vigil service. Ever since, I have found myself constantly ruminating over the Exsultet’s profound words of hope.Read More
The biblical metaphor for Easter spirituality is found in baptism. The baptized life is a life that is lived in the pattern of death and resurrection. . . . The message of Easter is that the way of being in Jesus, the way of living the new resurrected life is through participation. . . ....Read More