Lenten Devotional 2015

Sunday, April 5 “When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, […]

Saturday, April 4 If you twist and turn away. It you tear yourself in two again. If I could, yes I would If I could, I would let it go. Surrender, dislocate. If I could throw this lifeless life-line to the wind. Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away Into the night, […]

Friday, April 3 Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”     In the the garden   an old tree spoke.   Listening with my heart   I heard   words of fear   words […]

Thursday, April 2   …God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true… 1 John 5-6  This is an interesting passage to consider during Lent, when many churches […]

Wednesday, April 1   He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for […]

Tuesday, March 31 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, […]

Monday, March 30 Blessed as those who mourn, for they will be comforted.–Matthew 5 I have spiritual conversations with nature. Working in my garden I find a connection to God’s creation.  Enjoying a beautiful sunset, a bird that is passing by, or a butterfly landing on one of my flowers gives me joy, and it […]

Sunday, March 29, 2015 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it […]

Saturday, March 28 Faces of the Homeless  Fran Bogle That which you do to the least among you, you do unto me! (Matthew 25:40) Imagine five people telling their sacred stories.   Young Old Middle aged Families with children Teenagers   Black White Hispanic Native American Asian   Addicted Battered Veterans Gay, lesbian, transgender Alcoholic […]

Friday, March 27   Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. –I Thessalonians 5:16-18 These three prayers remind us to slow down, seek the stillness, to enjoy all of creation, to be grateful for all things, and most of all […]