This Lent series is a collaboration with Cornell’s Claritas and Christian writers from across our campuses,
Since 2019, Logos has published short devotional articles daily during Lent: the 40-day period prior to Easter Sunday (this year, February 14-March 28). Read our Lent 2024 series below!
March 29, 2024 | By Matt Pang Cornell ‘25
Human nature can be frightening, especially when we are reminded of the most troubling truth of all, that we killed Jesus. But, through the grace of God, we can rest assured that life shall resurrect.
March 28, 2024 | By Gavin Susantio YDS ‘25
Holy Thursday is known as “Maundy Thursday,” “Covenant Thursday,” and “Sheer Thursday,” among other things. Some of these names are unusual, some are unsurprising, but what do they mean?
March 25, 2024 | By Michaela Wang BK ‘25
Whether we like it or not, we are all running the race of life, marked characteristically by an uncomfortable in-betweenness, where we question our motives and senses of purpose. This season of Lent, let us reflect on how our faith lives intersect with this race, as we focus on God’s presence amid our own trust.
March 22, 2024 | By Emma Sim Cornell ‘27
Many of us live our lives chasing after the next big thing with eyes only for an idealized future; we sacrifice ourselves and live in cycles of uncertainty. This Lenten season, let us remember where the greatest things in life come from, God.
March 21, 2024 | By Kailyn Liu Cornell ‘23
Some visions of our righteousness, of being strong and confident, don’t seem to line up with the Bible’s characterization of righteousness. This Lenten season, let us be brave and confident, not in our own strength but in that of the Creator and King of the universe.
March 20, 2024 | By Cameron Pien Cornell ‘27
It is not easy to live a life of discomfort, and indeed, why would we? Yet, sometimes, it is this discomfort that we need to overcome the fear in our lives with faith.
March 19, 2024 | By Stephen McNulty PM ‘25
What does it mean to be a scapegoat, and how can it be the case that making scapegoats is both detrimental and somehow commanded in Mosaic Law? This piece looks at anthropologist René Girard and Hebrew Scriptures for answers.
March 15, 2024 | By David Woods TD ‘26
Righteousness can seem ephemeral; it is a feeling that depends on the social convictions of those around you, and it can often be a challenge to live life in this vein. This season of Lent, let us reflect on where righteousness is actually derived from.
March 13, 2024 | By Angelin Mathew TD ‘25
Why does it matter what you believe happens after death? Our lives on Earth are the shortest parts of eternal life, but that is not to say that losses are not painful. It is looking through the eyes of God that we think of death and find meaning in the “end” because this is what shapes where we source our strength while we’re alive.
March 12, 2024 | By Sharla Moody YDS ‘25
Some writing, take the Psalms, is meant to be read and understood together, and, while we may not ever be able to fully understand the burdens of another, we might turn to a communal interpretation of the Psalms to tend to the garden of God’s people.
March 11, 2024 | By Yoska Guta TD ‘25
Grumbling in the face of what we might consider to be negative aspects of life is nothing new, but how should we posture our hearts? This Lenten season, let us be a people of enduring and maturing faith as we open ourselves with gratitude.
March 8, 2024 | By Katherine Becking Cornell ‘25
We can be quick to credit our successes to our own hard work, forgetting that God is the one who enables us to work at all. God actively sustains the world, but in our sinfulness, we are too nearsighted to see His hand behind everything around us. This season of Lent, let us move towards wisdom, to acknowledge the superiority of God’s words to our own and to rightly credit Him for all of our victories.
March 6, 2024 | By Annina Bradley Cornell ‘26
Because of our forgetfulness, God repeatedly calls us to actively practice remembering His faithfulness. During this season of Lent, let us extend this practice of remembrance to other aspects of our lives, including meditating on how God has been faithful to us personally.
March 5, 2024 | By Hannah DeBord BF ‘25
It can be tumultuous to listen to God’s commands and not find immediate answers, but, often, all we need to do is open our eyes to His grace. This season of Lent, let us let us humbly accept the indelible grace that Christ has given us through his sacrifice.
March 4, 2024 | By Maddie Bartels TC ‘26
So beautiful is it to think of Jesus froclicking among the galaxies in our universe, experiencing creation in more dimensions than we could hope for. This Lent season, let us place our hope in the God of the universe who has hung the stars in their place and gives light to our blind eyes.
March 1, 2024 | By Valerie Hu Cornell ‘24
“No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. . . And no one pours new wine into old wineskins.” Jesus, ever the clever and enigmatic storyteller, isn’t primarily concerned with clothing repair or beverage storage. He’s revealing a much more important contrast between the old and the new—one in which we, as new creations, take part in Jesus’ work of making all things new.
February 28, 2024 | By Carleton Perkins Cornell ‘24
What can we learn from a potter? Quite a lot, actually. It is important, or perhaps even life-giving, to reflect on the Gospel in light of God’s creation and redemption, and, through the Gospel narratives, we can see the mercy and grace of God as he extends an invitation for humanity to bask in His redemptive glory.
February 27, 2024 | By David Woods TD ‘26
Humans are inherently imperfect; it’s simply part of our nature. Though, it can be said that we often feel callings to perfection, to a sense of sanctification in our day-to-day circumstances. But what are we to make of our own limitations this Lent season; must we relinquish human nature for submission to God’s will?
February 26, 2024 | By Isaac Oberman DC ‘26
Are we willing to give up that which we value most if and when God asks us to? As we enter the second week of Lent, let us reflect on the sacrifices and fasts we have made, even as they may begin to feel heavy and unbearable, and let us rest assured that when we are called to make sacrifices, it is God that provides us with the endurance to persevere for His sake.
February 23, 2024 | By Joaquin Rivera Cornell ‘25
What does it mean to be found? Can we fully understand what it means to love something before we know what life is like without it? This Lent season, may we reflect on the joy that we receive in being found and loved by the one we belong to.
February 21, 2024 | By Matt Pang Cornell ‘25
God doesn’t want us to save us without us. The partnership we share with God in finding our way home, to the Father, is both meaningful and life-giving, but it doesn’t manifest without our submission to God’s will.
February 20, 2024 | By Isaac Oberman DC ‘26
It is oftentimes hard to love your neighbor, especially when life interferes with grace. But, Christian love is different than worldly love, and it is only made available through Christ; so, this Lenten season, let us remember to love our neighbors, especially those weary and heavy-laden with emotional and spiritual burdens.
February 19, 2024 | By Emma Ventresca BF ‘26
The spirit of Lent is not found simply in making a sacrifice or warding off temptation and counting down the forty days until that same sense of temptation or desire can once again exist within our beings. Let us not simply trudge through Lent, but rather, let us invite it to renew us as we look towards the rest of our days.
February 17, 2024 | By Jacob Brogdon Cornell ‘25
If the church is going to fruitfully interact with secular society, it needs to focus foremost on becoming the true version of the church, independent of pressures from secular society. Lent helps us do this.
February 16, 2024 | By Jason Lan, Cornell ‘25
Why do we, as God’s creation, get to judge others made in His likeness and image? Why do we get to decide who is worthy of our time? When we commit such sins against our neighbor, we implicitly tell God that His creation isn’t good enough for us, that we are somehow better. It is the understanding of these things that allows us to recognize and acknowledge God’s love for us.
February 15, 2024 | By Hannah Turner BK ‘23+1
Deny myself, take up my cross, and surrender to the will of God—that is the avenue to a life of abundance. This does not mean denying my responsibilities nor does it mean lacking in ambition. But it means asking what am I responsible to and for what am I ambitious? God knows that the answer to those questions and the joy of life-giving purpose is found in Him.
February 14, 2024 | By Zeki Tan MY ‘25
Fasting heightens our senses to our vulnerability. Instead of spotlighting the strength of our willpower in, say, disciplining our bodies to achieve a desired figure, fasting reveals the limits of our bodies, opening our eyes to our need for God and each other.
March 30, 2024 | By Anjelina Gonzalez Cornell ‘27
Is it normal to think about dying in light of the seemingly meaningless pursuit that we call life? This Lenten season, let us contemplate existential despair and find solace in our faith, particularly in the redemptive sacrifice of Christ.