Following His Transfiguration, Jesus “set His face toward Jerusalem” where He would be betrayed into the hands of sinners, killed and on the third day rise again. The Season of Pre-Lent teaches us to prepare for the time of Lent when we contemplate the sufferings of Jesus. Pre-Lent turns our faces toward Jerusalem with Jesus and yet, we do not go there to find Him, but receive Him where He has promised to be: in His Word and Sacraments given to us in His holy Church.
To turn our eyes upon Jesus and to call our attention to His salvation delivered in His gifts, Higher Things presents these Reflectionsfor the Pre-Lent season written by the Rev. George Borghardt, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Conroe, Texas. Pr. Borghardt will be one of the speakers at the upcoming Higher Things Retreat, “Salvation: Won and Delivered” in Denver, Colorado this February. Pr. Borghardt is also the original writer of Higher Things Reflections, we’re very grateful that he’s still writing them three years later!
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In Christ,
Pr. Mark Buetow
Interim Editor, Higher Things Reflections
