As I shared earlier, I am getting in on this Lent bandwagon.  I am actually very excited about the chance to focus the next several weeks on reflection, generosity, and increased scripture reading and prayer.  How can that be bad?
One thing that I am using to go through this season is a book that I also mentioned yesterday. Â It is calledÂ
Here is today’s prayer…
“LIGHT OF THE TRUE LIGHT, true God from true God, give us clear sight, courage to see your sinful, rebellious, dreadful world as it is, not as we want it to be. Â Save us from narcissistic fascinations that cloud our understanding with our unknowings. Â Give us clear and innocent sight, the sight of children, capable of seeing beauty in a common rock. Your creation glows with your fiery glory. Draw us to the fire, consume us with your glory, that we may glow with your salvation, your light for the world. AMEN.” Â Stanley Hauerwas
Peace, Jim