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Fifth Sunday in Lent – April 6, 2014

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45

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By Marjorie Suchocki

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The raising of Lazarus is the culminating sign in John’s “book of signs.” The previous si..

Second Sunday in Lent – March 16, 2014

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17

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By Marjorie Suchocki

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Once again the Lenten texts take us through salvation history, starting this time..

First Sunday in Lent – March 9, 2014

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Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 Psalm 32 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11

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By Marjorie Suchocki

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The texts inaugurate Lent by taking us through the sweep of salvation histo..

March 6-The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Reading 1: Reading 2: Reading 3: Reading 4: Joshua 5:9-12
Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

by Lydia Schon

Joshua 5:9-12

Last week, a congregant shared with me during coffee hour that every year, during the season of Lent, she becomes more di..

A Blessing for the New Year

Contributed by David Steindalrast

May you grow still enough to hear the small noises earth makes in preparing for the long sleep of winter, so that you yourself may grow calm and grounded deep within. May you grow still enough to hear the trickling of water seeping into the ground, ..

Written on the Heart

By Bruce G. Epperly

Date Delivered: March 29, 2009

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm 51:10-12 1
John 12:20-26

Legend has it that before the voyages of Columbus and other European sailors, the far western edges of maps had the words “ne plus ultra,” there is no more, written upon the..

From Self-Centeredness to World Loyalty

By Bruce G. Epperly

Date Delivered: March 8, 2009

Lent 2, Year B

Mark 8:31-38

“The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and Pharisees, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” In just one paragraph, we have H..

Everyone Who Calls on the Name of God Shall be Saved

By Bruce G. Epperly

Lent 1, Year C

Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Romans 10:8-13
Luke 4:1-13

Lent is a time for reflection and discernment—holistic in nature, Lent embraces body, mind, spirit, and relationships. We are called to transformation in every aspect of our lives, so that we m..

TURNING MY BACK ON GODDE

by Connie Tuttle

If repentance is ‘turning back’ or ‘returning’ to Godde, then maybe it is our task of the Lenten season.

There is a special two year-old in my life right now and observing her behavior feels a little too familiar. Two year-olds, those infamous ‘terrible twos’ are working ver..