A Lenten Devotion by Willie Sordillo The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:12 We’ve considered “a grove of trees” from a variety of perspectives during this Lenten season. This has […]
Lenten Devotional 2020
The Old Farmhouse
A Lenten Devotion by Karen Nell Smith As I watched in the night visions… Daniel 7:13 When the end is clear, the present takes on infinitely more meaning. For 20 years, my parents lived in an old farmhouse. We loved that place…surrounded by rolling green fields, a huge red barn, an icy cold Vermont stream […]
Path of Life
A Lenten Devotion by Art Norton You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11 Show us, O God, the path of life. Amen.
Cherry Blossoms
A Lenten Devotion by Janet Sanders This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. John 15: 12-14 I have always been fascinated with […]
Pruning and Grafting
A Lenten Devotion by Mary Memmott But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree, do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember that it is not you that support the root, […]
Tree Houses
A Lenten Devotion by Jenny Allen …you shall be called the repairer of the breach… Isaiah 58:12b “My friend has been promoted from a tent to a tree house!” My daughter was excited for her former co-worker who is studying the activists in the Hambach Forest in Germany who have “occupied” trees there since 2012 […]
Snow Ladies
A Lenten Devotion by Jan Adams God gives snow like wool; and scatters frost like ashes. Psalm 147:16 Slender stately birches bow slowlyto the ground in homage.Still the snow comes downPiling high on their arched backs. Heads touching the groundsilently quietly listeningfor a sign of new life.Praying for the green mantles of spring. Swaying ever […]
Backroads and Backstreets of Carmel Terrace
A Lenten Devotion by Marilyn Alabran You are the light of the world. Matthew 5:14a I’m sitting in the green house and in the stillness I’m reminded, “for the beauty of the earth.” With all the flowers around me, I’m reminded of “Be still and know that I am God.” As the silence continues, I […]
A Balm in Gilead
A Lenten Devotion by Debbie Clark Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored? Jeremiah 8:22 During this season, the Tuesday morning Gentle Yoga class has opened each session by seeking inspiration from different kinds of trees, drawing upon the […]
Paths of Beauty
A Lenten Devotion by Art Norton The God who has girded me with strength has opened wide my path. Samuel 22:33 May we walk in paths of beauty and hope. Amen