Lent 4 – Wednesday
…Click on the above title for the bulletin.
Category: Worship
‘I thirst’
The human body is wonderfully created with a series of sensations that drive it to satisfy life sustaining goals. When the body thirsts, dryness wraps itself around the lips, mouth, and throat. What begins as a whisper steadily grows louder and louder. Moisture leaves the lips as the walls of the mouth begin to stick together. A dry ache in the throat sharpens and each breath feels thicker. With each inhalation the mouth transforms into a dry desert wasteland. The body becomes increasingly restless and distracted as all focus shifts to quenching that thirst with life sustaining liquids. But in the developed world water scarcity and sustained thirst are nearly nonexistent….For more, click on the title above.
Rejoicing in the midst of Lent
Our sermon that breaks through Lent’s fast on this Sunday set aside for rejoicing in the midst of Lent’s time of repentance is taken from the Prophet Isaiah:
Thus says YHWH, “In time of favor I answered you; and in day of salvation, I have helped you; and I have given you for (a) covenant people to establish (the) land, to cause them to apportion desolate heritages.” …For more, click on the title above.
Lent 4_2025
Lent 4 (Laetare)
…Click on the above title for the bulletin.
‘My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?’
That brings us to our theme verse for this evening’s meditation on “Why Easter?” “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
What a mournful, pitiable, anguished cry! Forsaken by God. I looked up the definition of the word forsaken: To forsake another person is to leave them entirely, usually in a moment of need. Another definition for this transliteration of the Aramaic into Greek is abandonment—to leave, or renounce someone. …For more, click on the title above.
Lent 3_Wed_2025
Lent 3 – Wednesday
…Click on the above title for the bulletin.
Because He wills to forgive, God calls to repentence
Today’s chosen theme verse reveals the biblical truth that, because He wills to forgive, God calls to repentance. That is proclaimed, in large part, through today’s Old Testament reading. Through the words God gave to Jeremiah, we hear God’s clear calls to His sinning people to turn from their sins. This, the faithful are empowered to do as His Word moves them into repentance. …For more, click on the title above.
Lent 3_2025
Lent 3 (Oculi)
…Click on the above title for the bulletin.
Lent 2_Wed_2025
Lent 2 – Wednesday
…Click on the above title for the bulletin.
Why Easter? Jesus Answers and Says: “Behold Your Family”
Jesus, then beholding the Mother and the disciple standing alongside, whom He loved, said to the Mother: “O woman, behold your son.” Then He says to the disciple, “Behold your Mother.” And, from that hour, the disciple took her into his own.
For the full Sermon click on the Title above