The Heart of a Pastor Podcast

Why would a church like ours observe Lent? Isn’t it just about giving something up or becoming more religious for a few weeks?In this first episode of The Heart of a Pastor, Bishop Q invites us into the deeper story. Lent, he explains, is not self-improvement or spiritual dieting. It is a journey — a deliberate turning of our lives toward Easter. If we are going somewhere, we need to know our destination. And the destination is nothing less than the resurrection of Jesus Christ.Tracing the thread from Passover in Exodus to the cross and empty tomb, Bishop Q reminds us that Christ is our true Passover — the Lamb who was sacrificed, the One who passed through death and destroyed its power. In Him, death is not just endured but defeated. The grave loses its dominion. A new creation begins.But here’s the tension: we forget.We drift. We grow busy, fearful, distracted. We live as though resurrection were only a memory instead of our present reality. Lent becomes the Church’s gracious gift to us — a season of return. Not earning Easter, but recovering our baptism. Not sorrow for sorrow’s sake, but what the tradition calls a “bright sadness”: honest about how far we’ve wandered, yet fixed on the midnight light of resurrection on the horizon.This episode is an invitation to re-orient your life toward the One who has already brought you through death into life. As we begin the road to Easter, Bishop Q calls us to remember, to return, and to walk again in the defiant, radiant joy of a people who believe that Christ is risen — and that changes everything.