Pray, Reflect, Repent, Prepare, Love

Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Pray, Reflect, Repent, Prepare, LoveMarch 15, 2025 Deuteronomy 26:16–19  |  Matthew 5:43–48  |  Psalm 119:1–8O God, by your Word you marvelously carry out the work of reconciliation. So begins today’s collect. But what exactly does that...

Take Me Home

Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Take Me HomeMarch 14, 2025 Ezekiel 18:21-28 |  Matt 5:20-26 |  Psalm 130Psalm 130 begins with, “Out of the depths I have called to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice; let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.” This quote...

A Venture into the Apocrypha

Home > Lenten Blog 2025 A Venture into the Apocrypha March 13, 2025 Esther 14:1-6, 12-14 | Matt 7:7-12 | Psalm 138Quite a few years ago I became curious about the Apocrypha.  The word refers to writings of doubtful authenticity.  So, I read it all from Esdras to...

Love Thy Neighbor

Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Love Thy NeighborMarch 12, 2025 Jonah 3:1-10 | Luke 11:29-32 | Psalm 51:11-18It’s hard not to think of whales as soon as you see Jonah’s name, even though today’s lesson doesn’t include that story. The dramatic imagery of a man being...

The Lord’s Prayer

Home > Lenten Blog 2025 The Lord’s Prayer March 11, 2025 Isaiah 55:6-11 | Matt 6:7-15 | Psalm 34:15-22Today’s readings are among the most beloved in the Bible, including the Lord’s Prayer, probably the best known of all scripture. Today gives the opportunity to...

Holy Discipline

Home > Lenten Blog 2025 Holy Discipline March 10, 2025 Leviticus 19:1-2, 2:1-18 | Matt 25:31-46 | Psalm 19:14Today’s first reading, the Collect (sort of our first solo step into Lent), grabbed me:Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully increase on us your gifts of...