Control.

One of the hardest things about the last few years is dealing with wildly changing expectations. Especially with leadership.

Running a meeting was hard enough. Then we had to figure out how to do that on Zoom. And hybrid? And now? However we do this stuff!

The season we’re in (Lent) in the age we’re in (the Postmodern Era) keeps exposing how ingrained the desire and expectation for control is—especially for leaders.

In Lent, we explore a sense of self-control while exploring stories which reveal the sin of controlling others, our environment, and God! Let’s face it: this isn’t an easy proposition!

The invitation at the heart of Lent is to learning, exploring, examining, imagining. For Jesus, control, at its root, is abuse.Therefore, controlling another person’s life or one’s environment displays a fundamental lack of faith. In God and each other.