Lenten Series: Feb 26 – Mar 29, 2020

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.” (Psalm 51: 10-12)

Richard Rohr speaks of the two halves of our spiritual life. The first half is when we are formed and forming; the second half begins after trials and tragedies, trauma and temptations push and pull us into reforming, renewing, restoring, rewriting our script and story. The first half includes what God provides what we need to survive. The second half begins as God guides us forward to thrive. Christian Century writes, “The message of Falling Upward is straightforward and bracing: the spiritual life is not static. You will come to a crisis in your life, and after the crisis, if you are open to it, you will enter a space of spiritual refreshment, peace and compassion that you could not have imagined before.” This Lent, we will use the book “Falling Upward” as a framework for exploring our spirituality