God of All Comfort? 2 Corinthians 1:3-7, English Standard Version (ESV) 3?Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4?who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort […]
Ash Wednesday, Reflections for Lent Series
Philippians 1:27-30?English Standard Version (ESV) 27?Only let your manner of life be worthy[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, […]
Third Sunday in Lent, Reflections for Lent Series
Romans 5:1-2, 5-8?New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Results of Justification 5?Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2?through whom we have obtained access[b] to this grace in which we stand; and we[c] boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 5?and hope does […]
Saturday in the Second Week of Lent, Reflections for Lent
Luke 15:11-32?The Voice (VOICE) 11?Once there was this man who had two sons. 12?One day the younger son came to his father and said, ?Father, eventually I?m going to inherit my share of your estate. Rather than waiting until you die, I want you to give me my share now.? And so the father liquidated […]
Friday in the Second Week of Lent, Reflections for Lent Series
Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46?New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 33??Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 34?When the harvest time […]
The Ides of Lent
Late last week, we reached the midpoint of the Lenten season. Traditionally, we think of Lent as 40 days, but it?s actually 46 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. I took a moment yesterday morning to journal my experience of Lent this year at the halfway point?the ?ides.? (In the Roman calendars, the ?ides? […]