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BY FRANCES BOGGS Fiat mihi—such a small phrase, and yet it changed the course of the world. [1] Mary’s two words allowed for Christ to enter into our lives in a very real way. Through this small phrase, Mary opened the door for salvation to enter into the world. With her humble obedience, she became […]

BY KATHERINE MATSUKAWA This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/your-will-be-done. I pray that I will decrease and that you will increase.  Use me, Lord. Your will be done.  Growing up, whenever I heard someone pray these words, I’d typically […]

BY JOE BROWNSBERGER This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/a-contra-dance-parable. Jesus said to the crowds: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a great contra dance in an enormous hall. As the guests filed into the hall, the musicians struck […]

BY BELLA GAMBOA This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/jesus-wept-in-defense-of-sorrow. Sorrow is a particularly relevant emotion during Lent, all the more so in a Lenten season that marks a year of profound hardship. In my own life, I find […]

BY ANDREW FORRESTER So why all the doom and gloom? If our Lord and Savior really is risen, and our sins have really been forgiven, why should we be sorrowful at all? During Lent, our preparation for the joy we take in the day of the resurrection, should we not be joyful since we know […]

BY JASON LEE This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/howl. Sometimes the good news does not feel like good news. My confession is that, sometimes, my faith redirects my daily resentments from an implacable universe to an impassive God. […]

BY HANNAH TURNER This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/what-we-need. This past year was not just different because I unexpectedly lived in my childhood home for 10 months. This past year was different because I was living at home […]

This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/worship-as-broken-flask-people. BY DANIEL CHABEDA All four biblical accounts of Jesus Christ’s life on earth contain the story of a woman who anointed Jesus with ointment. The narrative starts at a dinner party in […]

BY GABBI ZEGGERS “What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth… For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”  1 Corinthians 3:5-6,11 “You show that you are […]

BY ASHLEY TALTON This piece is part of syndicated series in collaboration with Yale Logos for Lent 2021. You can read the original piece at https://www.yalelogos.com/home/prone-to-wander. Growing up in a traditional Southern Baptist church, I heard hymns played on the piano every Sunday. Although I tend to prefer modern Christian music, lately I’ve been remembering […]