Tomorrow is International Women's Day, and in observation of the day, we'll be sending out a special Lenten reflection from theologian M. Shawn Copeland, Ph.D., taken from the 2003 Lenten booklet, To Live the Passion and Compassion of Jesus: Reflections for Lent 2003. The reflection reads, in part:
God is life. Jesus acts for the sake of life. He breaches the rules and rituals of the Sabbath only for life. But it is never easy to transgress the rules and rituals of ancient religions. Jesus pays a price for life. His actions are criticized, his teaching interrogated, his authority undermined. But Jesus never wavers. ... Like Jesus, we must never waver...
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Lent 2016
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