Ash Wednesday Reflections
Today I read three wonderful articles on Ash Wednesday: At The Episcopal Cafe Sam Candler reminds us that some of the most fertile and rich soil comes from ashes in Ashes and Wine: But today, I propose...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday: The Freedom of Ritual
Today was not a good day. In fact, I’ve been out of sorts most of this month. Mainly because I have not been writing as this blog makes very obvious. I really did not want to go to the Ash Wednesday...
View ArticleThe Great Litany
Tomorrow I will lead our church in chanting the Great Litany. Many Episcopal churches chant The Great Litany on the first Sunday in Lent. What is The Great Litany? Chantblog has the answer: An...
View ArticleThe Chanting Went Well
Instead of leading The Great Litany by myself, the music minister and I sang it together. It went very well, and I received compliments that I sounded good. I don’t mind chanting, but I think next time...
View ArticleRevGal Friday Five: Mid-Lent Check In
Sophia wrote: The pastor of my grad school parish once gave a fascinating reflection, at about this mid-point in the season, called “How to Survive the Mid-Lent Crisis”! As I recall, his main point was...
View ArticleLent: Journeying thru the Hollows and Empty Spaces
This has been a time of reflection for me. Normally by this time in Lent, I am just ready for Easter to get here and be done and over with it. But not this year. This year I am not minding staying in...
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Procrastinating on Your Lenten Discipline?
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Am I the only one procrastinating on choosing a Lenten discipline? To be honest, I’ve been procrastinating on writing this article most of the day. I...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday Liturgies at Chicago Grace Episcopal Church
Chicago Grace Episcopal Church will be having two Ash Wednesday services including imposition of ashes on Wednesday, February 17. The first service is at 12:15–1:15 p.m. The second service is 6:00–7:00...
View ArticleLent, Self-Care & the 2nd Greatest Commandment: Love Yourself
A little over a week ago my ebook posted on why I had suddenly disappeared after all the posts and fun in March: I got sick. And not just sick with one thing. I’ve spent the last three weeks being sick...
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Stories of Redemption: Because God Really Does Keep Doing New Things
Instead of preaching a sermon, I dramatically told these stories based on the lectionary readings for the 5th Sunday in Lent, 2010. It’s still one of my favorite storytelling sermons. Isaiah 43:16-21,...
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Spend Lent with the Women of the Bible
Today is my birthday! Today is the last day to enter to win a $25 Amazon.com gift card! You have until 5:00 p.m. CDT today to buy my book and email me (shawna@shawnaatteberry.com) your order number to...
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Sermon: Into the Wilderness
Into the Wilderness Numbers 21:4-9 (Lent B, Week 4) http://www.shawnaatteberry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Into-the-wilderness-.mp3 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go...
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Keeping Lent In the Pandemic: Practicing Kindness
Last year when we began to social distance and shelter in place, we said it was “the lentiest Lent we ever lented.” Little did we know Lent was going to last for a year (at least). As we now walk...
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Keeping Lent in the Pandemic: Practicing Gratitude
Practicing gratitude is this week’s theme? I can already see you roll your eyes. Yes, I know this is a cliched buzzword, which probably explains why I had only one friend respond to my inquiry on how...
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Keeping Lent in the Pandemic: Practicing Joy
When a few different friends told me they weren’t sure if they were going to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, I knew what Lenten practice I was going to focus on for this week: Practicing Joy....
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Keeping Lent in the Pandemic: Practicing Contentment
Last year in February I started planning my birthday. It was my 50th, and I planned a bash. We rented out our building’s Party Room, planned the menu with my good friend Kim Callis (an excellent...
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