Saturday: Week 4 in Lent Year B

WEEK 4: SATURDAY

Matthew 23; focused on 23.29 –39

We stood in the autumn light beside the huge waterfall, mesmerized by the sheer volume of water pouring over and crashing down on the rocks beneath, unable to hear ourselves speak because of the rush and roar of the turbulent river. Then, as we walked back up the path
to where we’d parked the car, we thought of all the tiny streams we’d seen earlier in the day, tinkling along gently high in the hills, and how each one had contributed to the massive flood we had just witnessed. Down they come into the valley, each making its way and lending its weight to the wide, powerful river. Something of that same sense...

 
Taken from Lent For Everyone – Matthew Year A by Tom Wright (2011)

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The #BigRead2011: meeting together in housegroups to read the Bible,
making use of Tom Wright's Matthew for Lent with opportunities to go
much bigger and much more creative and join in online (inter)nationally.
From quiet sitting rooms with Bibles and books, to coffee shops and
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