Lent 2011 Archives - Eileen Campbell-Reed

April 14, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent X

All in a Day’s Healing I’ve been known to work hard. Maybe sometimes too hard. And I’ve also been known to take things seriously. Maybe sometimes too seriously. How does one measure such things? Well, for me it usually becomes…

April 9, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent IX

Jump the Freedom Train I’ve been listening to Kate Campbell for about 10 years now. I heard her interviewed one morning on the way to the library in back in 2001. She had just released an Album entitled “Wandering Strange.”…

April 6, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VIII

Out of the Depths The “depths” in life come in a lot of forms. I hear the psalmist’s plea, “out of the depths I cry to you O LORD.” And I am taken to the pits of despair. But despair…

April 3, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VII

That about sums it up Plane ticket to St. Paul: $254.90 Parking ticket at Luther Seminary: $33.00 Speeding ticket on the way to dinner: $145.00 Punching my ticket to go home: priceless. ++++++++++++++++

March 30, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VI

The Lord is My Shepherd This is a time when the very familiar and beloved 23rd Psalm comes up in the lectionary. I preached from this text several years ago at the church where I grew up. Further below is…

March 27, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent V

Hildegard of Bingen During the season of Lent in my congregation, we are hearing from the “cloud of witnesses.” Each week we follow along with guides who are helping us through the season. We are listening both to contemporary and…

March 23, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent IV

Little more to say . . . Yesterday I came to a place to put down a peg. That peg was in another book chapter. I sent it off to my editor. It was not perfect or even complete. But…

March 19, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent III

Healing with and from Our Families Today’s weather was beautiful. We spent a lot of it outside or at least on the porch. We made plans. We made a little art. In the late afternoon my husband built a fire.…

March 16, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent II

Sighs to Deep for Words This week I’ve had Japan on my mind. The people . . . the place . . . the land . . . the sea . . . the profound losses . . . ongoing…

March 12, 2011Keeper of the Fire - Year A Lent 2011 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent I

Sticks and Stones “Everything we know about them is wrong.” – Hiccup, Isle of Berk Last fall I went to see How to Train Your Dragon. I found it absolutely charming, exhilarating and even inspiring. In fact as I was…

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