But they did not understand.

Mar 19, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 But they did not understand. March 19, 2024 Photo courtesy of lumoproject.com2 Samuel 7:4, 8-16  |  Romans 4:13-18  |  Luke 2:41-52  |  Psalm 89:1-29Luke’s New Testament words today bring to my mind the relationship between parents and...

Who is Susanna?

Mar 18, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 Who is Susanna? March 18, 2024  Susanna [1–9,15–29,34–40],41-62  |  John 8:1–11 or John 8:12–20  |  Psalm 23Not being a Biblical scholar nor an avid reader of the Apocrypha, I was curious about the Old Testament reading. While the background...

God’s Mercy

Mar 17, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024

Home > Lenten Blog 2024 God’s MercyMarch 17, 2024 Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Hebrews 5:5-10 | John 12:20-33 | Psalm 51:1-13”Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness;… “What is mercy? I’ve seen several explanations for this word. Some indicate that one is...

God Prevails

Mar 16, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024

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?

Mar 15, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024

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.

Mar 14, 2024 | Lenten Blog 2024

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,...