Husband, father, and Anglican pastor living in the North Georgia Mountains.
Led by the Spirit, Jesus faced three wilderness temptations and overcame each one with Scripture alone. As the second Adam, his obedience wins what Adam lost — and offers us his righteousness as a gift. This Lent, follow him into the wilderness.
This season of Lent, so deeply woven into the fabric of Christian worship, carries with it centuries of history, theological development, and spiritual wisdom.
This gospel reading could not be more fitting for such a day and the beginning of this season. In Matthew 6, Jesus addresses three core spiritual disciplines: giving, praying, and fasting. But his concern is not whether we practice these disciplines. His concern is why.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of the resurrection.
For Christians, the day calls for soul-searching confession and preparation—not just emptying the pantry. Shrove Tuesday reminds us that even in feasting, there is room for meaning and that austerity often follows abundance, both in the calendar and in life.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus reveals God's upside-down kingdom through the Beatitudes—blessing the humble, mourning, meek, and merciful. This Epiphany season, discover how Christ's grace transforms apparent weakness into kingdom power, drawing all into his story.