Introduction
Once
again, it’s
been my honor and privilege to edit this book, and as always, it’s
been a real Joy to me. As usual, we cut it very close in getting the
devotions in – as usual, much closer than I would really prefer!
(I’m writing this intro a bit after 2:30 AM on printing day!)
One
thing that is different this year is that there are no repeats of any
devotions from years passed. You’ll note that once again each
Sunday holds a hymn, and that this year each Saturday serves up a
Psalm.
Well,
you may notice that one Saturday holds a devotion from Ron Draper,
but if you were at Lake Louise (which you’ll find in these pages a
few times as well), you’ll know that our worship focused on the
idea that we can each write our own Psalms – prayers of
thanksgiving, supplication, awe, love, fear, just about anything we
need to tell God about, so consider this a new Psalm.
Speaking
of new things, along with the temperature and the piles of snow
outside, the devotion from Vivian Anderson on March 06 gave me
permission to include a piece I had written for Christmas, but that I
think fits quite nicely any time of the year.
Just
as we have each year since reviving this Lenten tradition, we repeat
the introduction from our congregation's first book of devotions of
well over thirty years ago:
Keeping
a true Lent requires us to be vigilant in many ways: in prayer,
study, worship, sacrifice, giving, meditation, and fellowship.
One
or all may take precedence, depending upon our daily commitments.
From these devotions, lovingly prepared, may you find a well spring
of faith to renew and sustain you, so that the Glorious Triumph that
is Easter will remain with you always.
The
Lenten Committee
Again,
we can but say, “Amen.”
Charlie
van Becelaere, Editor
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