Lent is one of my favorite periods in the Christian Calendar; a season where I’m always encouraged to look at my smallness in direct contrast to the infiniteness of God’s love. That I, reminded of my mortality, look forward to the ultimate display of God’s love for us in Christ’s death and resurrection.

As a house, we Dwellers have decided to do something, give up something, or find something new that we can do as a community as both a reminder of the Lenten season, and as a step towards more faithful living; an active “different living” to stand as a statement about our faith, and how our faith informs our action.

Tomorrow, on Mardi Gras, we will meet and discuss our ideas! There will most likely be unfairly traded foods to give up, discussion on the media’s control over lives, and talk of consuming less gasoline as a statement about our commitment to the world God has given us to steward. Yet whatever small step we decide to take as a family, I would ask for you to join us in praying that God would use this season to fuel us, comfort us, and call us to respond even further to the beauty of God’s incredible love for us!

-grace and peace