Ash Wednesday, March 6 Majesty everywhere O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! — Psalm 8:1a Many of us today will receive the ashen mark of a cross on our foreheads. We will hear the familiar phrase, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”… Read more »
March 6, 2019
Lenten Devotional: Ash Wednesday, March 6 – Saturday, March 9
Ash Wednesday, March 6 Majesty everywhere O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! — Psalm 8:1a Many of us today will receive the ashen mark of a cross on our foreheads. We will hear the familiar phrase, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”… Read more »
True disciples A Revised Common Lectionary resource for March 25 by Magdalena I. García But Jesus said, ‘Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me.’ – Mark 14:6 Read the full lectionary passage here She enters the house of an untouchable while others murmur and stay away…. 
Waiting to be lifted up again by Rebecca Lister The last nor’easter (yes, there was more than one, and another on the way, sigh) that hit our area here in south central Pennsylvania buffeted us with incredibly strong winds. It blew down power lines, ripped shingles off roofs and tossed trash cans down the… 
A lesson on discipleship A Revised Common Lectionary resource for March 18 by Magdalena I. García Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. – John 12:24 Read the full lectionary passage here… 
Choose light A Revised Common Lectionary resource for March 11 by Magdalena I. García ‘And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.’ – John 3:19 Read the full lectionary passage here When we condone the darkness of planet… 
Whose house? A Revised Common Lectionary resource for March 4 by Magdalena I. García He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” – John 2:16 Read the full lectionary passage here When we give handouts but are unwilling to empower people, forgive… 
Stop talking nonsense A Revised Common Lectionary resource for February 25 by Magdalena I. García But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” – Mark 8:33 Read the full lectionary passage here Jesus… 
Ashes and violence and teen’s question: Why? by Donna Frischknecht Jackson The sanctuary was mostly quiet. Every now and then a hum, rattle and swoosh from the ancient heating system would interrupt the stillness. It was a welcomed noise as I was trying hard to keep the cavernous room at a toasty 60… 
Turn and trust A Revised Common Lectionary resource for February 18 by Magdalena I. García Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” – Mark 1:14-15 Read…