Last night at the Ash Wednesday service of the First Presbyterian Church in Champaign, I sat pondering these two questions that appeared on the screen at the front of the sanctuary …”Do you have pure and sincere motives?””Are you who and what you appear to be?”This morning I realize that those two questions are inContinueContinue reading “Who am I? … Letting God assess my motives during Lent”
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A Sunday morning service centered on Lectio Divina
This morning at the Mercy Vineyard church in Minneapolis, MN, they kicked off their Lenten series called “Leap of Faith.”Christena Cleveland from their preaching team shared a beautiful and thoughtful message on the Beatitudes and then in the final 15 minutes she led the congregation back through the passage (Matthew 5:1-10) using Lectio Divina, theContinueContinue reading “A Sunday morning service centered on Lectio Divina”
The Beginning of Lent
The sign of the cross, received by millions on Ash WednesdayTonight Jennifer and I joined about 100 community members and University of Illinois students at an Ash Wednesday service at Twin City Bible Church in Urbana, IL. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the 40 day period leading up to Easter.After gathering inContinueContinue reading “The Beginning of Lent”
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