On Sunday, we will begin our season of preparation in advance of Holy Week. Our Lenten sermon series, "Curses," will begin -- a few days before Ash Wednesday officially starts the season of Lent. The series will revisit some of the curses -- punishments for sinful behavior -- that are recorded in the Bible. This week we look at the first such curse, spoken by God after Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden: "Dust: The Curse of the Serpent," based on Genesis 3.
As Christians, we know that Jesus offers a blessing to counterbalance this curse. During Lent, though, it is important to be honest -- with ourselves and with the wider world -- that all of us are still shackled by the sinfulness of our broken world. Without reflecting on our own shortcomings and punishments, we do not really appreciate the unbelievable grace of salvation, through Jesus Christ, which is the promise of Easter.
Sunday will also be the first day of the special offering taken to support Week of Compassion, the emergency relief ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
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