What is the true meaning of the Lenten season for today’s church leaders? In this reflective episode, the Rev. Blair Pogue explores how traditional Lenten practices can help ministry leaders navigate extreme polarization, institutional suspicion, and personal burnout. Discover how remembering your baptismal identity and spending time in Jesus’ loving presence can transform your leadership approach from anxious fixing to faithful discernment.
The Lenten season meaning goes beyond giving things up—it’s about returning to the core of our faith. Through beautiful reflections on the R.S. Thomas poem “The Bright Field” and the story of Moses at the burning bush, this episode invites leaders to turn aside to discover the “pearl of great price” that awaits in God’s presence. Learn practical spiritual practices that will help you become “a watered garden, a repair of the breach, a restorer of streets to live in” during this sacred season.
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The Bright Field – R. S. Thomas
I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the
pearl of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurrying
on to a receding future, nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.
