Lenten Reflections and Meditations

Lenten Reflections

Go! for Lent: Mark 14:42

March 16, 2016

Betrayal is a breakdown in trust. In my experience it represents the worst kind of pain. I think of three particular instances in my life in which I have felt […]

Go! for Lent: Acts 22:10

March 16, 2016

In today’s scripture passage, Paul gives one of his accounts of his encounter with Jesus. He was on his way to Damascus when a heavenly light shone on him. He […]

Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:18

March 15, 2016

Jesús dijo, Vayan a la cuidad, a casa de cierto hombre, y díganle: El maestro dice: mi hora está próxima; en tu casa celebraré la Pascua con mis discípulos. Mateo […]

Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:18

March 15, 2016

“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 […]

Go! for Lent: John 14:2-3

March 15, 2016

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: Luke 10:25-37

March 15, 2016

The parable of the Good Samaritan is surely one of Jesus’ Top 10. People who know nothing of Christianity still recognize the story: the three religious leaders, each of whom […]

Go! for Lent: John 16:28

March 15, 2016

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 […]

Go! for Lent: John 16:7

March 15, 2016

“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 […]

Go! for Lent John 14:3

March 10, 2016

This is Jesus’ promise to those eleven disciples sitting at the supper table with Him two thousand years ago. Jesus is telling them that they can count on Him, coming […]

Go! for Lent: Genesis 12:1-10

March 8, 2016

God’s call to Abram is about as clear of a passage about going as there can be. God says, “get up! Leave! Go where I send you!” There is great […]

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