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...