Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Amigos: The glory of these forty days... Lenten hymn 143 March 31, 2026 John 12:20-36 Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 “The Fragrance of Jesus’ Love” March 30, 2026 Isaiah 42:1-9 | Hebrews 9:11-15 | John 12:1-11 | Psalm 36:5-11Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Whisper hosanna.March 29, 2026 Matthew 21:1-11|Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29|Isaiah 50:4-9a|PhilippiNA 2:5-11|Matthew 27:11-54|Psalm 31:9-16The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 With Mercy Comes Salvation March 28, 2026 Ezekiel 37:21-28 | John 11:45-53 | Psalm 85:1-7As I pour over the readings for today, I spot an obvious theme – we are being reminded of Jesus’ part in God’s great plan, the role of the Messiah and...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Amigos: O Lord hear my pray’r / Peace March 27, 2026 Psalm 18:1–7 Diligam te, Domine. 1  I love you, O Lord my strength,O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven. 2  My God, my rock in whom I put my trust, my shield, the horn of my...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Save the last blog for me. March 26, 2026 Genesis 17:1-8 | John 8:51-59 | Psalm 105:4-11Just yesterday, I found myself staring at Betsy’s Lenten Blog spreadsheet to discover one Lenten Blog date without a writer. I suggested to Betsy I might...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 A Singers’ Brain on The Song of MaryMarch 25, 2026 Isaiah 7:10-14|Psalm 45|Psalm 40:5-10|Canticle15|Hebrews 10:4-10|Luke 1:26-38Canticle 15. The Song of Mary. Also known in the Episcopal tradition as the Magnificat, it is a magical mixture...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 THE LENS OF CHARITYMarch 24, 2026 Numbers 21:4-9|John 8:21-30|Psalm 102:15-22Psalm 102:15–2216 For the Lord will build up Zion, *and his glory will appear.17 He will look with favor on the prayer of the homeless; *he will not despise their...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Can you hear it? March 23, 2026 Susanna 1-9, 15-29, 34-40, 41-62 | John 8:1-11 | Pslm 23We are coming to the end of our Lenten journey. Daily we have experienced a deeper conversation with God. Our scriptures for today revolve around the...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 So That We Shall Believe March 22, 2026 Ezekiel 37:1-14|Romans 8:6-11|John 11:1-45|Psalm 130“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”  I find it difficult to read Martha without projecting a little of my own sass-and the...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Standing in the Need of Prayer March 21, 2026 Jeremiah 11:18-20 | John 7:37-52 | Psalm 7:6-11It’s me, it’s me, it’s me, O Lord –Standing in the need of prayer –It’s me, it’s me, it’s me, O Lord –Standing in the need of prayer –This old...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Righteousness, Satan, Death and ResurrectionMarch 20, 2026 Wisdom 2:1a, 12-24 | John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30| Psalm 34:15-22“Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them, and they did not know the secret purposes...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Joseph, Guardian of our LordMarch 19, 2026 2 Samuel 7:4, 8-16|Romans 4:13-18|Luke 2:41-52O God, who from the family of your servant David raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 An Introduction and a PromiseMarch 18, 2026 Isaiah 49:8-15 | John 5:19-29 | Psalm 145:8-19There are times, when asked to write these blogs, that I must go pick up my Bible and expand the reading a little. In today’s reading from John, Jesus...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 ABSENCEMarch 17, 2026 Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 | John 5:1-18 | Psalm 46:1-87 The nations make much ado, and the kingdoms are shaken; God has spoken, and the earth shall melt away.8 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Faith Journeys Into Relationship with God March 16, 2026 Isaiah 65:17-25 | John 4:43-54 |Psalm 30:1-6, 11-13Today’s reading is all about faith formation, a journey that is at times richly fulfilling and at other times frustrating. Jesus...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Nice Work, When You Can Get It. March 15, 2026 1 Samuel 16:1-13 | Ephesians 5:8-14 | John 9:1-41 | Psalm 23Today’s lectionary reechoes a theme: God providing mortals with vision, and the revealing of God's work. The Lord gives Samuel...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Will you be a Pharisee or a Tax collector? March 14, 2026 Hosea 6:1-6 | Luke 18:9-14 | Psalm 51:15-20Luke 18:9–14He [Jesus] told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: "Two...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 No one dared to ask him any question.March 13, 2026 Hosea 14:1-9| Mark 12:28-34 | Psalm 81:8-14In today’s reading from Mark, we find religious scholars once again challenging Jesus.  A scribe asks, “Which commandment is the first of all?”...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Keeping watch March 12, 2026 Jeremiah 7:23-28| Luke 11:14-23 | Psalm 95:6-11Keep watch over your Church, O Lord, with your unfailing love; and, since it is grounded in human weakness and cannot maintain itself without your aid, protect it...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Let’s celebrate our similarities March 11, 2026 Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 5-9| Matthew 5:17-19| Psalm 78:1-6Ah, Lent, the season perched at the long end of winter.  We’ve passed the bright lights and joyful celebrations of Advent, Christmas,...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Merciful God March 10, 2026 Song of Three Young Men 2-4, 11-20a| Matthew 18: 21-35|Psalm 25:3-10The majority of humans living in my household are 5 years of age or under. As the older, negligibly wiser human in the room, I have tried to...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Take Time to Walk with Your Soul and Know God March 9, 2026 2 Kings 5:1-15b|Luke 4:23-30 |Psalm 42:1-7Four parts of Psalm 42, from today’s readings, spoke deeply to me. They helped me, along with some research, to be able to put together a...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 God wants to Hear your Blessings and your Burdens March 8, 2026 Exodus 17:1-7| Romans 5:1-11| John 4:5-42| Psalm 95Exodus 17:1-7From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded....

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Fathers and Forgiveness March 7, 2026 Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal Son, Hermitage Museum, St. PetersburgMicah 7:14-15 | Luke 15:11-32| Psalm 103:1-12Micah asks the question “Who is a God like you?” Our God is compassionate and...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Dreamers, Pits, and Choosing Love (Featuring Donny Osmond) March 6, 2026 Genesis 37:3-4, 12-28|Matt 21:33-43|Psalm 105:16-22In the midst of uncertainty, Lent asks us to pause, reflect, and seek clarity. Not clarity that simplifies the world...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Lazarus and the Rich ManMarch 5, 2026 Jeremiah 17:5-10|Luke 16:19-31|Psalm 1Who am I more like—the rich man who feasts sumptuously every day or Lazarus, who has to beg for crumbs from the rich man’s table and is covered in sores?  If I am...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Invisible String March 4, 2026 Jeremiah 18:1-11, 18-20  | Matt 20:17-28 |   Psalm 31: 9-1614 But as for me, I have trusted in you, O Lord. *I have said, "You are my God. 15 My times are in your hand; *rescue me from the hand of my...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 “Things that Matter”March 3, 2026 "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.­­­­­Isaiah 1:2-4, 16-20 Matt 23:1-12  Psalm 50:7-15,22-24Matthew 23:1–12Jesus said to the crowds and...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 God’s love is transformational March 2, 2026 Daniel 9:3-10| Luke 6:27-38| Psalm 79:1-9I had some difficulty using the first few readings for today as inspiration for reflection*. However, upon reading Luke’s gospel I realized that my vision...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Go with God March 1, 2026 Genesis 12:1-4a|Romans4:1-5, 13-17|John 31-17| Psalm 121Occasionally I’ve sat down to write one of these blogs and have struggled a bit to find a hook. This is not one of those times! The thread running through all...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Obedience February 28, 2026 Deuteronomy 26:16-19| Matthew 5:43-48 | Psalm 119:1-8Today you have obtained the Lord’s agreement: to be your God; and for you to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Promises! February 27, 2026 Ecclesiastes 4:13–5:7|Psalm 23|2 Corinthians 4:16-18|Mark 9:2–8George Herbert, Priest and Poet, 1633What is a promise?  It is “a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Strengthen Us February 26, 2026 Esther 14:1-6, 12-14| Matt 7:7-12| Psalm 138Collect:Strengthen us, O Lord, by your grace, that in your might we may overcome all spiritual enemies, and with pure hearts serve you; through Jesus Christ our...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 NinevehFebruary 25, 2026 Jonah 3:1-10| Luke 11:29-32| Psalm 51:11-18I have always enjoyed writing, and these blogs have always given me a chance to formalize thoughts into a concrete statement. They push me into a review of my faith, the...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Matthias the Faithful February 24, 2026 Acts 1:15-26|Philippians 3:13-21|John 15:1, 6-16|Psalm 15The call of Saint Matthias occurred between Our Lord’s Ascension and Pentecost in response to a practical concern: the need to replace Judas the...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Learning to Love Myself as God Loves Me February 23, 2026 Leviticus 19:1-2, 2:1-18| Matt 25:31-46|Psalm 19:7-14“You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. You shall...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Does Beelzebub have a devil put aside for me? February 22, 2026 Luzifer verführt Adam und Eva engraving by Gustav Dore 1866Genesis:15-17, 3:1-7| Romans 5:12-19|Matthew 4:1-11|Psalm 32I feel conflicted. What am I supposed to make of this...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 The Yoke February 21, 2026 Isaiah 58:9b-14| Luke 5:27-32|Psalm 86:1-11Isaiah’s Old Testament words for today first confused but then fascinated me:If you remove the yoke from among you,the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,if you...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Our Sin-Sick SoulsFebruary 20, 2026 Isaiah 58:1-9a|Matthew 9:10-17|Psalm 51:1-10There is a Balm in GileadTo make the wounded whole –There is a Balm in GileadTo heal the sin-sick soul.“Wellness” is a term we hear often these days.  While the...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 All About Love February 19, 2026 Deuteronomy 30:15-20|Psalm 1|Luke 9:18-25Having just come through our journey receiving the light of Christ to bring love and joy in a world that seems so dark, here we are again at the beginning of another...

Home > Lenten Blog 2026 Be the Love the World Needs NowFebruary 18, 2026 Joel 2:1-2, 12-17| Isaiah 58:1-12|  2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 |Matt 6:1-6, 16-21| Psalm 103 Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the ancient season of penitence and fasting that...