Wednesday, February 25 is Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of the season of Lent. We walk the sometimes difficult path of discipleship with Jesus, from the desert wilderness to the cross. Easter is much more meaningful when its resurrection power has broken through from a place of acknowledging the death-dealing powers of the world.
The practice of a Lenten discipline such as fasting - whether from food or from a creature comfort, distraction, or bad habit - is not aimed at punishing the body or heaping guilt upon one's head, but instead seeks to turn our attention toward God. Some people find that adding a discipline, instead of doing without something, is more meaningful. We believe that the desire to please God is pleasing to God, and that we become what we habitually do.
Highlands UMC offers a sacrificial breakfast and service with imposition of ashes, beginning at 7am in the 2nd floor parlor. All are welcome as we reflect on this wilderness season of repentance (turning) and discipline (committed, intentional practice).
The practice of a Lenten discipline such as fasting - whether from food or from a creature comfort, distraction, or bad habit - is not aimed at punishing the body or heaping guilt upon one's head, but instead seeks to turn our attention toward God. Some people find that adding a discipline, instead of doing without something, is more meaningful. We believe that the desire to please God is pleasing to God, and that we become what we habitually do.
Highlands UMC offers a sacrificial breakfast and service with imposition of ashes, beginning at 7am in the 2nd floor parlor. All are welcome as we reflect on this wilderness season of repentance (turning) and discipline (committed, intentional practice).
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