Devotion
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Easter (4/1 – 4/7)
Jesus Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia! This is good news to us, and we’ve come to expect this annual proclamation of Jesus’ resurrection. I wonder what the first month after the resurrection was like for the apostles. We have record of some of it in the Bible. The Bible doesn’t explain how…
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Holy Week (3/25 – 3/31)
Scripture for the Week: selections from the Luke’s Gospel For this Holy Week, it is helpful to read the account the most important 3 days in history. Below, I have listed Scriptures beginning with Palm Sunday that will be helpful for your devotions throughout this week. In worship on Sunday, I lifted up the importance of…
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Listening Becomes Acting in Faith (3/18 – 3/24)
Scripture for the Week: James 1:19-27 This is the final week of our Lenten focus on listening. The first four weeks have been reflective. In addition to reading the Scriptures every day, I have included a worksheet for you to print out and use as a tool to pull together what you’ve heard and to…
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Listening to Others in Our Broader Community (3/11 – 3/17)
Scripture for the Week: Luke 2:21-32 As Christians, our lives, decisions and actions flow from listening (by being disciples, students, learners) to God. Those of you who have been following these weekly devotions are familiar with this theme of Listening as A Discipline of the Heart (see graphic at right). This week’s Scripture is that beautiful…
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Listening to Others in Our Congregation (3/4 – 3/10)
Scripture for the Week: 1 Corinthians 13 Since we began the season of Lent, we’ve been dwelling on the importance of listening. I think we understand “listening” intellectually, but there’s really a lot to it. Those who are in helping professions or even in the business field of marketing know the importance of listening and…
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Devotions – Feb 25 – Mar 3
Scripture for the week: Luke 10:25-27 Instructions Read the Scripture above and live with it for the week. The devotion may either be done by yourself or with someone else. Good conversations will almost certainly come from sharing this with someone else. Devotion This week’s theme is one of the more challenging of this Lenten…
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Devotions – Feb 18 – 24
Scripture for the week: Acts 2:1-13 Instructions Read the Scripture above and live with it for the week. The devotion may either be done by yourself or with someone else. Good conversations will almost certainly come from sharing this with someone else. Devotion The Holy Spirit is a central piece of Christian theology. Over the…
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