Author Archives: Fr. Chris Schutte

As we near the end of Lent, I’d like to offer a brief reflection on the final discipline mentioned in the Ash Wednesday liturgy, which is “reading and meditating on…

The weekend of March 11, a friend and artist Bruce Herman will be with us at Christ Church. Bruce is a gifted painter, and an art professor at Gordon College…

Last week I reflected on the first of the disciplines of Lent outlined in the Ash Wednesday liturgy—self-examination and repentance. This week I’d like to look at the next disciplines—prayer,…

In the invitation to Lent, we’re encouraged to engage in the practices of “self-examination and repentance; prayer, fasting, and almsgiving; and reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.” Over the…

Liturgically, this Sunday is the Last Sunday after The Epiphany, thus the last Sunday before Lent. The gospel reading for this Sunday is always an account of the Transfiguration (this…