Lent: Full to the Brim: Even in the Wilderness

Описание: Lent: Full to the Brim: Even in the Wilderness
Rev. David Randall-Bodman, February 22, 2026
Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ

The season of Lent: Full to the Brim

Lent: Full to the Brim: Even in the Wilderness
Sanctified Art helps us recognize that traditional iterations of Lent often emphasize restraint, confession, and piety. The origins of Lent were that one was to leave their old life behind to fast and prepare to be baptized into a new way of living. In essence, this was a practice of stepping away from the rat race, corrupt power, scarcity mentality, and empty rituals in order to live a more expansive and full life of faith. And so, Full to the Brim trusts the promise of our baptisms—God has already claimed us as God’s own and nothing we can do will ever change or erase that.
Full to the Brim doesn’t ignore or deny sin and suffering. It doesn’t absolve accountability for wrongdoing. Instead it contextualizes our faith. If love is our beginning, how can we live our lives led by love’s promises? It
reminds us to live fully—as we pursue justice and hope, or express grief and gratitude. And so, this Lent, let us trust—fully—that we belong to God. Let us increase our capacity to receive and give grace. Let us discover
the expansive life God dreams for us


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Melanie Madigan–Music Director
Tim Eastbrower– Accompanist
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