Following Jesus What Difference Does It Make – The Complete Lenten Series

I realize that Lent is not quite over, but with Palm Sunday coming and Holy week only a few days away, as I mentioned this morning, I want to turn my focus to reflections on this last week of Jesus life. I hope that you have enjoyed the posts during this Lenten series as much [...]

Waiting for Spring

This is the past post in the series Jesus is Coming What Difference Does it Make. It is provided by Matthew Young who is the pastor of Elysburg Presbyterian Church, PA .  Matt is a graduate of Princeton and was on staff with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship for several years in Seattle.  He is married to Jill [...]

Palm Sunday is Coming But What Does it Mean?

This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday and many of our churches are busy making palm frond crosses or preparing for a walk around our churches as a start to the day.  Most of us know that this day commemorates Jesus triumphant procession into Jerusalem on donkey’s back but few of us are aware of the [...]

Thin Space – A Lenten reflection by John Leech

Today’s post is contributed by John Leech, rector at St Albans Episcopal church in Edmonds WA.  John blogs at Sermon Oats _____________________________________________________________________________ A Thin Place A long time ago driving down the California coast I found myself looking at a long stretch of sand, rocks, waves, and mountains. And I said: I could look at this all [...]

Back From Retreat, Ready for Easter

Tom & I are just back from our quarterly retreat and I am feeling renewed, refocused and ready for Easter.  While I was away I wrote the following prayer, the first of several I want to share as we move through the final days of Lent towards Holy week. Holy week is the pivotal point [...]

Suffering and Hope: A Meditation on Miscarriage and romans 5:3-5

Today’s post is contributed by Jill Aylard Young.  Jill serves on the board of Mustard Seeds Associates. She lives with her husband Matthew and daughter Grace in Elysburg, PA where Matthew is pastor of Elysburg Presbyterian Church. Jill has an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary and is particularly interested in spiritual direction and formation. __________________________________________________________________________ Suffering [...]

Imagining the Lectionary: Psalms and Passion by Dave Perry

Today’s post was provided by Dave Perry and was first published on Visual Theology.  Dave is a Methodist Minister who has been the Chair of the Lincoln and Grimsby District since 2000. He had his first taste of Christianity and Methodism whilst an undergraduate and became a member of the Methodist Church at Selly Oak.  His [...]

Re-Rooting Ourselves in the Only One Who Counts – Lenten Reflection by Jon Stevens

Today’s post is the second submitted by Jon Stevens who farms on Camano Island at the Open Gate Farm ____________________________________________________________________________ Farmers around the world are a different group.  They are not like the business people who shuttle into the canyons of commerce to wrestle with the bears and bulls that hide behind the rocks.  No, [...]

A Prayer for the Fifth Sunday of Lent

Today’s prayer is based on some of the lectionary scriptures for this Sunday. May we look and listen Responding to the Spirit of God who lives within us May we throw off the grave clothes that confine us And take on the life of the One who raised Christ from the dead We who were [...]

Summer Breaking – Lenten Reflection by Ryan Harrison

Today’s post is the second by Ryan Harrison who lives in Denver, Colorado but her heart is in Morocco. She fills her days with reading, teaching, and ministering in the city. This post was first published on How We Spend Our Days __________________________________________________________________________ It happened eight years ago, but I can’t stop thinking about it. One [...]