The 40-day season beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending on Good Friday; during this time, Christians are often devoted to fasting, abstinence, and penitence in commemoration of Christ’s fasting in the wilderness.
Scripture – John 12: 1-11 Theme: When the woman washed and anointed the feet of Jesus, everyone in the room was uncomfortable with her actions. Some of the Apostles were even indignant! But Jesus told them all to leave her …
Palm Sunday April 10, 2022 Scriptures – Zechariah 9: 9-13 and Luke 19: 28-48 Having grown up in the 60’s and 70’s, I am very familiar with numerous rock stars. These are people who have produced a large body of work, …
Scripture – Hebrews 10: 24-25 Theme: Some habits are hard to break (especially if they are destructive!). But getting back in the habit of daily prayer, Bible study, or even going back to church are habits we need to pick …
5th Sunday in Lent April 3, 2022 Scriptures – Joshua 5:9-12 and 2nd Corinthians 5:16-21 During your lifetimes, if you move and change homes often, then you have no need for spring cleaning. This is because moving is such a hassle, you …
Scripture – Matthew 7: 1-3 Theme: Sometimes we judge and condemn one another – without realizing that judgement is left for the Lord, NOT for us.
4th Sunday in Lent March 27, 2022 Scripture – Luke 15: 11b-32 The parable of the prodigal son…one of the most famous and best known of the parables Jesus told. In it, we get a real-life example of love, forgiveness, and restoration…along with …
Scripture – Luke 4:16-30 Theme: When Jesus tried to return home to Nazareth, the people there didn’t expect to see someone new; they wanted their old friend, Jesus, to show up – and to heal the sick and cast out …
3rd Sunday in Lent March 20, 2022 Scriptures – Isaiah 55: 1-9 and Luke 13: 1-9 My grandmother grew up on a farm out in the country of central Texas. When she married my grandfather and moved to the city, she took …
2nd Sunday in Lent March 13, 2022 Scripture – Philippians 3:17 – 4:1 Back in the late 70’s, my father took me and my two sisters to a ski lodge in the Tennessee mountains to go snow skiing. Dad had grown up …