Posts with the tag “lent”

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about Chance the Rapper’s Dear Theodosia (Reprise) from The Hamilton Mixtape.Dear Theodosia is a song from the Broadway musical Hamilton (I’m a little obsessed with Broadway musicals – in fact, there’s another entry based on a song from Hamilton coming from me later in this devotional).  In the play, this song begins a transitional moment.  The first act of Hamil...  Read More

When “Of Dust and Nations” moves to the chorus, Kensrue invites us to:Put your faith, in more than steelDon’t store your treasures up with moth and rustWhere thieves break in and stealPull the fangs from out your heelWe live in but a shadow of the real“Put your faith, in more than steel,” reminds me of Jesus’ words when one of the disciples’ cuts of the slave of the high priest’s ear, and others a...  Read More

Have you ever heard God’s voice speaking to you in and through music? Has music ever made you feel as if you were in touch with something bigger than yourself?This year’s Lenten devotional is called Out of the Dust. A group of pastors, scholars, and folks who love Jesus have worked together to create a devotional that is inspired by the power of music to point us to God.Each entry focuses on a son...  Read More