The Hubbell Pew

Maybe what is good about religion is playing that the Kingdom will come, until in the joy of your playing, the hope and the rhythm and comradeship and poignance and mystery of it – you start to see that the playing is itself the first-fruits of the Kingdom’s coming and of God’s presence within us and among us.—Frederick Buechner

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Thursday of the Second Week in Lent

To Be is to Stand For — Heschel

Too often in our consumer-oriented society, we fall prey to the spiritually dangerous notion that we are what we have. We spend our lives convincing ourselves of this myth until it is us who are spent. We believe it and so does everyone else.

Our goals, values, and beliefs are what truly shape our identity.During Lent we focus on our goals, values, and beliefs and usually when we do, there is no room for what we have.

Webb

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