The Pastor’s Pen
Walking the Long Road of Lent
We are now making our way through the season of Lent – a season the Church has observed for centuries as a time of prayerful reflection, repentance, and renewed trust in God’s grace. Lent is not a sprint to Easter morning. It is a journey, and like most meaningful journeys, it asks something of us.
Lent invites us to slow down in a world that moves too fast. It asks us to tell the truth about ourselves before God. It encourages us to look honestly at what distracts us, what burdens us, and what keeps us from loving God and neighbor as fully as we might. This is not meant to discourage us. It is meant to free us.
In Scripture, God’s people are often found on the move – leaving what is familiar, walking through wilderness, trusting promises they cannot yet see. Lent places us in that same story. We walk with Jesus toward Jerusalem. We examine our hearts. We pray more intentionally. Some fast from habits or distractions that crowd out space for God. Others take up new disciplines – daily Scripture reading, quiet prayer, acts of mercy.
The goal is not spiritual perfection. The goal is attentiveness.
Lent reminds us that faith is not only something we proclaim; it is something we practice. It grows in the quiet choices to forgive, to give generously, to turn away from what diminishes life, and to turn toward the One who gives life abundantly.
As we continue through these forty days, I encourage you to lean into the season rather than push past it. Make space for silence. Read the Gospel slowly. Offer prayers that are honest rather than polished. Trust that even small steps of faith matter.
Easter will come – with joy, with alleluias, with bright celebration. But for now, we walk the long road together. And we do so trusting that the God who meets us in repentance also meets us in mercy.
See you Sunday!
Pastor Greg
pastorgreg@lawrencevillepresbyterian.org
We are now making our way through the season of Lent – a season the Church has observed for centuries as a time of prayerful reflection, repentance, and renewed trust in God’s grace. Lent is not a sprint to Easter morning. It is a journey, and like most meaningful journeys, it asks something of us.
Lent invites us to slow down in a world that moves too fast. It asks us to tell the truth about ourselves before God. It encourages us to look honestly at what distracts us, what burdens us, and what keeps us from loving God and neighbor as fully as we might. This is not meant to discourage us. It is meant to free us.
In Scripture, God’s people are often found on the move – leaving what is familiar, walking through wilderness, trusting promises they cannot yet see. Lent places us in that same story. We walk with Jesus toward Jerusalem. We examine our hearts. We pray more intentionally. Some fast from habits or distractions that crowd out space for God. Others take up new disciplines – daily Scripture reading, quiet prayer, acts of mercy.
The goal is not spiritual perfection. The goal is attentiveness.
Lent reminds us that faith is not only something we proclaim; it is something we practice. It grows in the quiet choices to forgive, to give generously, to turn away from what diminishes life, and to turn toward the One who gives life abundantly.
As we continue through these forty days, I encourage you to lean into the season rather than push past it. Make space for silence. Read the Gospel slowly. Offer prayers that are honest rather than polished. Trust that even small steps of faith matter.
Easter will come – with joy, with alleluias, with bright celebration. But for now, we walk the long road together. And we do so trusting that the God who meets us in repentance also meets us in mercy.
See you Sunday!
Pastor Greg
pastorgreg@lawrencevillepresbyterian.org
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