Lent: Sensational or Secret
We kick off the Lenten season with a practice of Lectio Divina, and are challenged with choosing silence over sensationalism.
Lent Practices – Holy Saturday – 3.31.2018
THEME:Subtracting Distraction, Gaining Jesus BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, keep me centered at the foot of the cross. CENTERING: When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to…
Lent Practices – Good Friday – 3.30.2018
THEME:Subtracting Distraction, Gaining Jesus BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, keep me centered at the foot of the cross. CENTERING: So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which…
Lent Practices – Maundy Thursday – 3.29.2018
THEME:Subtracting Distraction, Gaining Jesus BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, keep me centered at the foot of the cross. CENTERING: Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the…
Lent Practices – Holy Week – 3.28.2018
THEME:Subtracting Distraction, Gaining Jesus BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, keep me centered at the foot of the cross. CENTERING: At supper with his friends, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, "Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me."…
Lent Practices – Holy Week – 3.27.2018
THEME:Subtracting Distraction, Gaining Jesus BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, keep me centered at the foot of the cross. CENTERING: "Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say--`Father, save me from this hour'? No, it is for this reason that I…
Lent Practices – Holy Week – 3.26.2018
THEME:Subtracting Distraction, Gaining Jesus BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, keep me centered at the foot of the cross. CENTERING: Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave…
Lent Practices – Week 6 – 3.23.2018
THEME:Subtracting Power, Gaining Honor BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, give me a desire to surrender my power and follow You. CENTERING: My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27 SETTLING IN: In a journal, note the…
Lent Practices – Week 6 – 3.22.2018
THEME:Subtracting Power, Gaining Honor BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, give me a desire to surrender my power and follow You. CENTERING: I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I…
Lent Practices – Week 6 – 3.21.2018
THEME:Subtracting Power, Gaining Honor BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, give me a desire to surrender my power and follow You. CENTERING: Let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. 1 Corinthians 7:17 SETTLING…
