Lenten Desires Discussed By Minister At First Congregational
A week night service at First Congregational Church featured a family supper echoing New Testament agape followed by a lecture on Ezekiel in a series on The Prophets of Israel. The minister spoke on Lenten Desires, emphasizing love, long suffering, and the value of simple joys as paths to holiness.
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Most people begin life simply and then get lost in the wrap
Quote attributed to Walt Whitman via Opdyke notes that many start life plainly but later drift into complexity, suggesting a meditation on the drift from innocence to confusion and social entanglement.
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Simplicity and Faith Amid Worldly Desires
A reflective piece contrasts material overreach with joyous simplicity. It cites epithumia and warns that pursuit of possessions distances people from God. It quotes Hes ines of Grace Crewell about plain comforts and describes Lent gifts of simplicity, patience, and love, ending with a note on England’s name origin in 829.
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