Wednesday 17th February
One of the lessons I’ve learnt over many years now connected with the Community is the value of a rhythm to one’s life. To be disconnected from a pattern to our days and an ordering of our life contributes to drivenness, chaos and weariness. In a culture of pace and pressure, the monastic disciplines that order our days can aid poise and peace in the midst of all life’s activities and responsibilities.
I like to live one day at a time, it’s just that several of them have turned up altogether recently! and threatened to undermine and disturb that rhythm of intentionality which directs our lives in seeking God, working, resting, reflecting, studying, relating, relaxing and praying.
Today is the first day of Lent, a season that provides us with the opportunity to prepare through prayer, self-denial, renunciation and generosity for the happenings of Easter and the observation of Holy week which culminates in the celebration of Christ’s resurrection.
With friends here in Wooler we are journeying through Lent using Tom Wright’s excellent Bible study book Lent for Everyone which journeys through Luke’s gospel. I commend it to you and the value that the season of Lent affords us in the shaping of our lives and the deepening of our faith.
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