Today's reflection is by Thea Keith-Lucas, Episcopal Chaplain at MIT
Towards the end of college, I reconnected with my faith in Jesus and
started wearing a cross necklace every day. I quickly discovered that
the cross acted as a magnet for panhandlers on the subway. It had the
opposite effect on many of my college friends. A classmate questioned my
objectivity towards the Bible. A science major asked me how I could
possibly be against evolution. One guy assumed that I was intent on a
courtship towards marriage, which made it very awkward when I asked him
out on a date.
Many of us began Lent with crosses of ash on our foreheads. Some
of us have explained to a friend that we can’t share a dessert or some
other experience because of a Lenten fast. Many of us also joined in
Palm Sunday processions that took our congregations outside the doors of
the church. Lent seems quiet and inward, but it can also be a time when
our faith becomes visible in new ways.
We have three more reflections coming in this series. Before we
turn to the great holy days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy
Saturday, I want to thank you for sharing this Lenten journey with us. I
hope this has been a time for each of us discover the truth within us
and share it with the world. May God give us the grace to move through
the awkward moments towards the freedom and joy of living with
integrity.
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