Thursday, March 10 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil… Twenty-five years ago, when I was in Catholic high school, I read about a study that said 50% of priests were sexually active. Being a snarky kid, I shared the study with my Mom, with a quip that perhaps the priesthood wasn’t […]
Lenten Devotional 2016
Lenten Devotion–Wednesday, March 9, 2016, by Willie Sordillo
Wednesday, March 9 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil… Temptation. Oh, sweet temptation. We all know its seductive pull, that quick fix, feel good, easy out laced with danger that makes us want to go where, in our heart of hearts, we know we have no business, but want to anyway. […]
Lenten Devotion–Tues, March 8, 2016–by Shelly Cichowlas
Tuesday, March 8 “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Rather than viewing God as someone who would intentionally set up adverse situations to “test” me, I prefer imagining God as a loving parent. Naturally, this lens has evolved as my experience working with children and youth has changed. There is […]
Lenten Devotion–Monday, March 7, 2016–by Nena Radtke
Monday, March 7 “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Temptation in American vernacular is too often and too simply connected with topping dinner off with a dessert or having that extra helping at the dinner table. While the word may have a slightly shameful connotation it isn’t commonly included in […]
Lenten Devotion–Sunday, March 6, 2016 by Fran Bogle
Sunday, March 6 Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. A drama from a Just Peace Play–three actors and a narrator…. […]
Lenten Devotion–Saturday, March 5, 2016–by Rick Seaholm
Saturday, March 5 Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Trespass. In daily life, we tend only to think of this somewhat archaic word in terms of “No trespassing” signs which caused me, as a youth, to think this was about walking on someone else’s land. That image stuck until I […]
Lenten Devotion–Friday, March 4, 2016–by Debbie Clark
Friday March 4 Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. When I arrived at Edwards Church almost 20 years ago, it took awhile to get used to praying the Lord’s Prayer with “trespasses.” Although I grew up in a church that used “trespasses,” I had just come from seven years […]
Lenten Devotion–Thurs, Mar. 3, 2016–by Brandon Jones
Thursday, March 3 Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. I once took a course on treating psychological trauma in the lives of children and adolescents. Grounded in principals of attachment and neurobiology, we practiced many skills designed to help our bodies quiet the stress response- a task that can […]
Lenten Devotion–Wed, Mar 2, 2016–by Jessie Evers
Wednesday, March 2 Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. I chose to reflect on this line of the Lord’s Prayer because for me it is one of the most meaningful. God taught us what forgiveness means, by forgiving us for our sins. We should do the same for one […]
Lenten Devotion–Tues, Mar 1–by Dawn Sorensen
Tuesday, March 1 Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. If you’ve ever been to the backwoods and farms of Michigan, it’s likely you’ve seen a “No Trespassing” sign. Actually, it’s likely you’ve seen hundreds of them, posted on trees and fencelines in bright blazeorange. Those signs signal a few […]