Lenten Devotional 2020

An Easter Devotion by Debbie Clark On this mountain our God will make for all peoplesa feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines,of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clearAnd God will destroy on this mountainthe shroud that is cast over all peoples,the sheet that is spread over all nations;God […]

A Lenten Devotion by Art Norton Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? I Corinthians 15:55 Awaken us, we pray, to beauty in the midst of loss. Amen.

A Lenten Devotion by Liz Garrigan-Byerly They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. Acts 10:39 This April, I was planning to go on a pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama, where we were to spend a whole day at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, also known as the “lynching museum.” In […]

A Lenten Devotion by Jan Adams For whatever happens to the beasts soon happens to man. All things are connected. Chief Seattle Eastern sun sparkles over the hillWhere once a forest stood. Noisy, noxious machinesHave cut, pushed, crunchedEverything in their pathExposing naked, rocky cobbleSites of emergingOstentatious houses. Budding leavesWill fill the void for meBut not […]

A Lenten Devotion by Ginnie Hatch Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. Jeremiah 17:7-8 “Planting a Garden is believing in tomorrow” is quoted on my linen calendar for 2020. Planting a tree is also for […]

A Lenten Devotion by Janet Sanders He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, […]

A Lenten Devotion by Mary Memmott For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.” Job 14:7 Today’s Lenten devotional is a memory and a mystery. In fall 2010 Grace and Edwards churches worked together as part of our “Earthcare” […]

A Lenten Devotion by Fran Bogle The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of God-the King of Israel!’ John 12:12-19 This […]

A Lenten Devotion by Rick Seaholm Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Psalm 90:2 I remember elements of that summer vividly. 1994: the final summer of my childhood. Well, to be perfectly honest, it may have been 1993. […]

A Lenten Devotion by Joanie White …it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. Isaiah 35:2a Sometimes reading a Lenten Devotion stirs our own memories. After reading Frank Carney’s story about “Tree” last week, Joanie White wrote him this letter, sharing her own memory: Hi Frank, I trust this finds you well. I […]