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March 14, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Lent 2014 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VIII

Lenten Lights H ~ Honeycomb Spring is not waiting for the calendar. Today the earth is awake with divine glory. Bees are buzzing. Hives are waking up after a long cold winter. Trees and flowers are opening their buds.…

March 13, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Lent 2014 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VII

Lenten Lights G ~ Lenten Rose II Two Lenten Roses in one week seems both surprising and excessive. Here’s how it happened… As we sat down to dinner my husband said, “There is another of those Lenten Roses blooming in the…

March 12, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Lent 2014 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VI

Lenten Lights F Earlier this week my daughter and I chased the evening light so we could get a walk before dark. We followed the curve of the river along the Harpeth Greenway. She rode her scooter, and I walked…

March 11, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Lent 2014 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent V

Lenten Lights E2 This coming Sunday (3.16.2014) a full moon will rise. The gospel text for Sunday is the story of Nicodemus coming to Jesus under cover of night. Surely Jesus must have gestured to the night sky when he…

March 10, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Lent 2014 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent IV

Lenten Lights E ~ Lenten Rose During the snow/ice last Monday, my husband said, “Something is blooming in the flower bed next to the front porch.” “No way!” I said. (Being that he is color deficient, I totally discounted any bloom…

March 9, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Lent 2014 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent III

Lenten Lights D “love surrounds those who trust God” ____________ Six-Word Stories for Lenten Lights Several years ago I discovered Six Word Stories, inspired by Ernest Hemingway. You’ll find the photos with six-word stories scattered around the blog. Today’s…

March 7, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Lent 2014 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent II

Lenten Lights C Lent is one of the church’s two extended seasons of preparation and reflection. Advent is the other. Time in the church’s liturgical calendar is not merely chronological time (or chronos) with one hour following another, one day following…

March 6, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Lent 2014 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent I

Lenten Lights B This afternoon on my way home I stopped by the Greenhills Library and caught the last of the day’s sun on “The Readers.” Writing and reading are among the enduring ways human beings share wisdom and relationships…

March 2, 2014Keeper of the Fire - Year A 2013-14 Transfiguration Sunday by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Transfiguration Sunday

Anticipating Light Often I discover what I need, and what the world needs of me, are right in front of me or hidden within me. Yet I need light to recognize and receive the gifts and return them to the…

March 7, 2013Keeper of the Fire - Year C 2012-13 Lent 2013 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent III

Twenty-Third Psalm | Part 2 Note: This year for Lent my congregation, Glendale Baptist Church, is immersing itself in Psalm 23. Last week I posted the first part of a sermon I preached several years ago. (You can read Part 1 here.) Here…

February 16, 2013Keeper of the Fire - Year C 2012-13 Lent 2013 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent I

A Run at Letting Go This morning I awoke before my alarm. I lay there in a state half way between prayer and dreaming. After about 20 minutes of coming more fully awake I pushed myself out of the bed…

February 14, 2013Ash Wednesday 2013 Keeper of the Fire - Year C 2012-13 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Ash Wednesday

Love, Courage and Trust for Lent I wasn’t ready for this week. It’s been theological and emotional whiplash. And we’re only to Wednesday. The Grammy Awards, the State of the Union address, my daughter’s mid-winter teacher conference and three-day break,…

March 28, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent IX

Cherry Blossom Last fall I posted several “six word stories” while traveling on vacation. I thought it would be nice to offer a few more in the final days of Lent and opening days of spring. I’ve learned a little…

March 25, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VIII

Just Another Night in Nashville I forget sometimes how saturated this town is with layers and layers of musical talent. It’s just where I live, buy groceries, take a run, attend church, and go out to eat. But last night…

March 21, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent VII

Visio Divina:Psalm 139 There are so many amazing and multi-layered images in Psalm 139. It has been a good companion through the season of Lent. (You can read more in previous posts: Lent I, Lent III and Lent VI.) The psalm has…

March 14, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent V

A Sunday Full of Song The weekend may have had less hours, but it had more church than usual for me. I was in the Twin Cities after working a few days on Luther’s campus last week. Saturday night I made…

March 8, 2012July 17, 2022Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent IV

Learning about Writing I’ve been reading Wendell Berry’s 2010 book Imagination in Place. I like a book that doesn’t have to have the requisite colon and subtitle. (Don’t get me wrong, I like colons and subtitles, but it’s a pleasant change…

March 4, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent III

Praying from the Pit Psalm 139: 17-22* 17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 I try to count them—they are more than the sand; I come to the end—I am still…

March 1, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent II

Save the Day What’s it gonna take to save the dayWhat you gonna need to feel okayIf you close your eyes what would you prayWhat’s it gonna take to save the day What a great set of questions for Lent.…

February 27, 2012Keeper of the Fire - Year B Lent 2012 by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Lent I

Praying Psalm 139:1-6* Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) Throughout Lent this year we will be gathering along the way for worship and within this time of worship we will sing and pray and walk along together led by Psalm 139.…

February 4, 2012Epiphany 2012 Keeper of the Fire - Year B by Eileen Campbell-Reed

Epiphany VI

Contemplating Lent Lent. A season of preparation. And repentance. Preparation, I can get with. Repentance, that’s harder to face. Preparing is one of those things I can do. Maybe even when I can’t do the thing itself. Family lore says…

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