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2016

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Lenten Poems: The Word – Ash Wednesday (1)

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John 1, Lent, poetry

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John's gospel poetry, Poetry

Photo: Zouavman Le Zouave, Creative Commons

As we start Lent, a time to reflect and to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice, I’ve been pondering John’s Gospel. My aim during Lent is to share some poems based on this unique story of Jesus with John’s emphasis on union with God through the indwelling of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

May your Lenten journey be filled with insight, wonder, and love.

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The stage door is something I wasn’t aware was such a big thing on Broadway; my daughter assures me that it’s not as much of a custom to flock the actors when they come out asking for signatures in London. Perhaps that playbills are given to the patrons in the States (versus at the West End where you have to pay a good chunk of change for a more substantial offering) adds to this custom?

My daughter thought that we’d get to meet the main stars for Romeo + Juliet as it was a fairly new production and not running for a long time. We managed to secure front row spaces outside the stage door! Meaning it was chaos and the screaming teens behind us were not fun. I gave my signed playbill to one of my daughter’s friends as it’ll mean more to her than to me (but I did get the insert signed, as above).

Perhaps because I’m not a starstruck teen, when coming in contact with these actors I try to say something that’s true and affirming. For Rachel Zegler I said, “I loved you on the Graham Norton show,” to which she raised her eyes and looked at me with surprise, I think a smile beneath the mask. To the actor who played Hades in Hadestown who was the understudy, I said, “You weren’t second best,” to which he said, “That’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me recently.” I don’t share this to puff myself up, but rather to encourage us to think how we can all bring light and life to others...

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How is God inviting you to rest and relax into his love even if you have to release something as it comes to the end of its life (a project, a dream, a relationship)?

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