God Prevails

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 God Prevails March 16, 2024 Jeremiah 11:18–20  |  John 7:37–52  |  Psalm 7:6–11Let us destroy the tree with its fruitLet us cut him from the land of the living,So that his name will no longer be remembered.” –  Jeremiah 11:18-20This passage...

Did Jesus Have FOMO?

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Did Jesus Have FOMO?March 15, 2024 Wisdom 2:1a, 12-24  |  John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30  |  Psalm 34:15-22I see this gospel (John 7:1–2,10,25–30) as a push-pull between Jesus’s human and divine selves. We hear about Jesus first deciding NOT to go...

Shining Lamps & God’s Love.

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Shining Lamps & God’s Love.March 14, 2024 Pat Hallenbeck, 1972, working with the youth group.Exodus 32: 7-14  |  John 5:30-47  |  Psalm 106:6-7, 19-21The gospel reading for today, from John 5:30-47, made me remember my life 50 years ago,...

Comfort

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Comfort March 13, 2024 Isaiah 49:8-15  |  John 5:19-29  |  Psalm 145:8-19Although the word “comfort” does not appear in these passages, I became aware that the concept is a theme found in each one.In Isaiah God comforts His...

Water

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 WaterMarch 12, 2024 Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12  |  John 5:1-18  |  Psalm 46:1-8With all that water is, it is no wonder it winds its way through our stories and beliefs. In Ezekiel 47: 1-9, 12, the river brings life. “It will become fresh; and...