“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see…
and no, i have no idea how to pronounce that. 🙂 It’s a Koine Greek word that means “compassion.” And it’s used in Matthew 14 like this: “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.” It’s incredible when you think about it. Jesus’ cousin John, the…
All I know about Lent in two words: “not much.” For more than you may ever have wanted to know, feel free to check out this article. But for what it’s worth – here is what I do know about it and why my praxis is what it is: Lent is the season lasting the…
