Lent Prayer of the Day
Be present with me, God. Break through the ways I insulate myself from your grace. Pour out your Spirit on me. Open my eyes and ears to recognize where you are leading me.
Lent Prayer of the Day
Blessed is the one who follows not the counsel of the wicked, but delights in the law of the Lord. That one is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season; whose leaves never fade. Psalm 1
Lent Prayer of the Day
What tempts me more to think too much of myself or to think too little of myself? Loving God, help me to praise you this Lent by becoming more of the person you created and love. Amen.
Gospel Reflection for March 29, 2020, 5th Sunday of Lent
Sunday Readings: Ezekiel 37.12-14; Romans 8.8-11; John 11.1-45 “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would never have died. Even now I am sure that God will give you whatever you ask,” said Martha. “Your brother will rise again,” said Jesus. “I know he will rise again on the last day,” said Martha. “I …
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Lent Prayer of the Day
Spirit of God, anoint me to be good news to the poor today. Open my eyes to the human needs on the street, in my office, and in our world.
Poem of the Week
High Sierra Moment The Tohee meanders a meadow home in its grasses to purple perstemmen, blue lupin, orange puccoon, yellow-eyed daisies mirrors at its wide bend gray granite mountains, tamed by distance but exacting rigor for every step higher every broader view I watch the mountain water flow— so incredibly clear, lucid almost, …
Lent Prayer of the Day
I saw a stranger yesterday. I put food in the eating place, drink in the drinking place, music in the listening place, and in the name of the Triune the stranger blessed me, my house, my cattle and my dear ones. And the lark said in her song: Often, often, often goes the Christ in …
Music and the Gospel: “Soon You’ll Get Better” Taylor Swift
What does it mean to be courageous? Sometimes courage means standing up for or with someone through a conflict, or a big game, or through a punishing sickness. Two brothers play basketball in the Spirit story; one has to struggle with cancer. The other shaves his head in solidarity. Taylor Swift’s song “You’ll Get Better …
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Lent Prayer of the Day
Forgiving God, who doesn’t need second chances? Help us never give up on ourselves because you never gave up on us. Amen.
Lent Prayer of the Day
Let my attitude today be Christ’s. Let my love give life.