Lenten Reflections
Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:37
This gripping text tells part of the story of Jesus and the disciples being in the Garden of Gethsemane, before Jesus is betrayed by Judas. Jesus is already in turmoil. […]
Go! for Lent: Genesis 8:15-9:3
A Time to Get Going A Paraphrase of God’s Command to Noah (Genesis 8:15-9:3) When God delivered Noah and his family after a tumultuous year-long voyage over troubled waters, he […]
Go! for Lent: Zechariah 8:21
Come let us go…I need you! I may not know you. I may never meet you. But I need you. I need your gifts and skills, your determination and strength. […]
Go! for Lent: Mark 4:35
When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” Mark 4:35 It is one thing to go; it is an altogether […]
Being Peter: Lenten Meditation, 3/29/2013
March 29, 2013 By: Hershey Mallette Oh, Peter, not again! Every time…every year…you deny Jesus?! If I were Peter, I’d claim Jesus! Would I? Do I? Wait… Maybe I am […]
Service and Sacrifice: Lenten Meditation, 3/28/2013
John 13:1-17, 31b-35 By: Grace Flint “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By […]
Beloved: Lenten Meditation, 3/27/2013
Philippians 4:1-13 By: Charles McClain “Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence […]
Wisdom and Folly: Lenten Meditation, 3/26/2013
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 By: Adam Pike In today’s reading, Paul describes God’s wisdom not as a virtuous trait, or a well of knowledge built by experience and time. Rather, it […]
Poured Out: Lenten Meditation, 3/25/2013
John 12:1-11 By: Jamie Osborne I think there is a tendency to characterize Jesus more like a superhero than a human being. The Christian faith affirms that he is both […]
Enemies to Love: Lenten Meditation, 3/24/2013
Luke 19:28-40 By: Jonathan Melton “After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem” (Luke 19:28) The “this” that Jesus said, before he went on ahead, […]