A Deep Freeze Weekend

A Deep Freeze Weekend

by | Apr 4, 2019 | Lent

For the last two winters we have sent a handful of our students (along with a brave group of adult volunteers) to Hebron, New Hampshire, for a weekend retreat at Camp Berea. The regional event, called Deep Freeze, provides an opportunity for more than 150 students...
Thomas Cranmer: Reformer, Sinner, Martyr

Thomas Cranmer: Reformer, Sinner, Martyr

by | Mar 21, 2019 | Lent

On Thursday, March 21st, we celebrated the Feast Day of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), reformer of the Anglican Church, writer of the Book of Common Prayer, and martyr for his beliefs. (It’s worth noting that the complete texts of the ACNA’s Book...
Approaches to Lent

Approaches to Lent

by | Mar 6, 2019 | Lent

In 2006, as a first-year seminary student at Gordon-Conwell, I walked into an early morning Ash Wednesday service. I had not grown up in a context where Lent was observed, and I was curious. Little did I know that, thirteen years later, I would still be with the same...