Most of the Western United States…, Lent 3 (A) – 2002
[…] a thirst for acceptance and forgiveness and love for our parched lives. The season of Lent is a time of self-imposed drought that can help remind us that our deepest […]
Bible Study: Lent 3 (C) – 2019
Exodus 3:1-15 Surely, surely, we are standing on holy ground. An ancient, well-worn story greets us this week: a bush alight that is never consumed and an eternally mysterious, divine […]
Bible Study: Lent 5 (B) – 2012
Jeremiah 31:31-34 Jeremiah offers this vision of hope for future after the temple in Jerusalem has been destroyed, the King of Judah has been taken away, and many of the […]
Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:18
“Go.” “Go into the city.” “Go into the city to a certain man.” Go into the city to a certain man, and say.” Jesus sent two of his disciples into […]
EPPN Alert:: Lent: – Border Violence
[…] as evidence that further militarization of our southern border must be the first step. This Lenten season, however, as we reflect upon the intersection of violence and public responsibility, and […]
Go! for Lent: John 14:2-3
Each Holy Week, as I read the scriptures leading to Gethsemane, the Last Supper, and inevitably the cross, I am aware of Jesus’ care for those who have been with […]
Go! for Lent: Genesis 27:3-4
Growing up, I always marveled at my mother’s gift of blessing everyone she ran into. It was like she owned the words “Dios te bendiga.” She was the one who […]
Go! for Lent: John 16:28
One of the gifts of pondering my discipleship as part of the Jesus Movement is the opportunity to reflect on the ways in which I move in Jesus’ name. To […]
I’m Only Human…, Lent 1 (A) – 1996
“I’m only human!” The last line of defence for those accused of errors in checkbook mathematics, misplacing the car keys, forgetting an evening meeting, overshooting the exit from the highway, […]
Go! for Lent: Jeremiah 1:7
Our faith as Christians is one of movement, of devoting our lives to a triune God who ever asks us to move. Our scriptures teem with movement — just read […]
Go! for Lent: John 16:7
“It is good for me to go away.” We so often want Jesus to stay with us, right here and now. We are comfortable in familiar places with the familiar […]
A Young Man Throws…, Lent 5 (B) – 2003
A young man throws open the door and bounds across the church basement floor carrying a stack of books. He heads for the circle of chairs assembled for this Sunday […]
Resurrection and Life, Lent 5 (A) – 1999
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” “I am the resurrection and the life.” And soon, there is a stone rolled away, an empty tomb, […]
A Covenant Worth Our Lives, Lent 2 (B) – 2015
We human beings love our rules. The security that comes from knowing how things should be done comforts us in our chaotic world. God understands this about us, and so […]
Go! for Lent: Mark 4:35
When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” Mark 4:35 It is one thing to go; it is an altogether […]
Go! for Lent: Genesis 12:1-10
[…] to get up and move. I suspect most of us, if we take on a Lenten discipline, conduct it within our daily lives, somewhere that feels familiar to us but […]
A Woman Who Was a Devoted…, Lent 3 (A) – 1999
A woman who was a devoted member of a small church that was part of a regional cluster of churches came toward the bishop with fire in her eye. “So, […]
Go! for Lent: James 2:11-21
I love this passage from James which asks important questions about faith, James 2:14-16 : “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but […]
Go! for Lent: Luke 4:18-19
The meaning of this scripture passage for me is that it is Jesus’ statement of mission a way forward for Jesus and for us today. It is used in my […]
Bulletin Insert: Lent 4 (B) – Good Friday Offering – March 14, 2021
Words like “unprecedented” seem too small to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has sorely afflicted the lives of millions of people around the world. It is hard to get one’s mind around the impact of this crisis. And yet, for many Christians in the Middle East, the pandemic is just one more crisis to add to the list.