Go! for Lent: Acts 22:10
[…] Saul who he is in relation to God. We are approaching the end of our Lenten journey. It has been a time to reflect on the question of our relation […]
Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:18
Jesús dijo, Vayan a la cuidad, a casa de cierto hombre, y díganle: El maestro dice: mi hora está próxima; en tu casa celebraré la Pascua con mis discípulos. Mateo […]
Temptation, Wild Beasts, and Angels, Lent 1 (B) – February 18, 2024
[…] Psalm 25:1-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 As a church, we find ourselves in the Lenten wilderness for another year. We understand the concept of wilderness. Literally speaking, even those […]
Born From Above, Lent 4 (B) – March 10, 2024
[…] presence in our lives. That just so happens to be a central task of the Lenten season. Remember the words (from the Book of Common Prayer) that we heard on […]
Bible Study: Lent 2 (B) – February 25, 2024
[…] service of God’s healing and reconciling love. If it is your practice to fast during Lent, how does your fast this year open you up to love more profoundly? Are […]
Bible Study: Lent 1 (B) – February 18, 2024
[…] with Godself. How are you practicing listening to God, and what might you do this Lenten season to deepen and strengthen your listening? Psalm 25:1-9 The Psalmist here articulates a […]
For Your Sake, Lent 5 (B) – March 17, 2024
[…] we do. Amen. This sermon, written by the Rev. Kirk Alan Kubicek, originally ran for Lent 5 (B) in 2018. Word – Lent 5 (B) SermonDownload PDF – Lent 5 […]
Unpredictable, Lent 2 (B) – February 25, 2024
[…] God’s love while we try to follow the Holy Spirit in our lives and community. Lent, as a season, invites us to a posture of humility and openness that emphasizes […]
There Is a Scene…, Lent 5 (A) – 2005
[…] the flesh being evil and things of the Spirit being good. Hearing these stories during Lent gives us a chance to examine whether we are living according to the Spirit […]
Bulletin Insert: Lent 2 (B) – Meet Our Religious Communities: Discernment of Vocation – February 28, 2021
In baptism, we are sealed as Christ’s own forever, and all are fully welcomed into the Christian family. And, some may feel called to make a fuller commitment of their time and their lives to God. This may be a call to lay ministry, to ordained ministry, or to religious life. It may be a call to a combination of these.
Bible Study: Lent 1 (A) – 2020
[…] within driving distance. Before seminary, she spent her time as a Youth Minister and full-time mom. She enjoys reading and writing, painting and intentional time alone with God. Bible-Study-English- Lent-1A-2020Download Bible-Study-English-Lent-1A-2020Download
Bible Study: Lent 1 (A) – 2023
[…] concrete language to describe spiritual realities. The psalmist describes the experience of keeping sins si lent as the wasting away of the body. When reading Hebrew poetry like the Psalms, […]
Go! for Lent: Isaiah 60:19-20
The sun shall no longer be your light by day nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you by night. Your sun shall no more go down, or […]
Go! for Lent: Luke 10:1-12
In a sentence: Discipleship is more radical than we believe it is! In a couple of paragraphs: We have built a church institution that is more focused on staying than […]
Lent 4: The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people
The story of the serpents in the wilderness is intriguing. The people of God had been rescued from slavery in Egypt and were making the long circuitous way to the […]
Bible Study: Lent 5 (A) – 2020
[…] focused on reconciliation and restoration work, gathering disparate communities around a shared table. In her spare time, Cate is an aspiring master chef and soft-serve ice cream enthusiast. Bible-Study-English- Lent-5A-2020Download Bible-Study-English-Lent-5A-2020Download
Defeating the Beasts in Our Personal Wilderness, Lent 1 (B) – 2015
[…] worth dying for. In responding to that gracious love, we find ourselves once more in Lent. As today’s collect reminds us, we, too, are “assaulted by many temptations.” We are […]
Bible Study: Lent 5 (C) – 2013
Isaiah 43:16-21 After reading this section from the prophet Isaiah, I find myself immediately struck by verse 19. The prophet writes, “I am about to do a new thing … […]
Loving Like a Mother Hen, Lent 2 (C) – 2016
[…] that everything of God’s is also ours, even Jesus, God’s own son. The season of Lent is a time of repentance and a time to consider what it means to […]
Lent 2 – Tuesday- Chapel of the Good Shepherd
[…] beings continue to look after our own interests. Perhaps the most central focus of our Lenten journey is self-examination. How do I hold my neighbors’ lives in my hands – […]