Sunday, March 20 “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory forever.” Once again as I look at the lines from the prayer Jesus taught, I think of my grandma. She believed these were the actual words…
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Lenten Devotion– Sat, Mar 19, 2016–by Matt Aufman
Saturday, March 19 “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory forever.” I have read enough about theology to know that this verse is something called a “doxology,” but I’ll be honest: I have never given much…
Lenten Devotion–Fri, March 18, 2016–Brandon Jones
Friday March 18 “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory forever.” Back when I played basketball in college, my teammates and I had a pre-game ritual. Part of our ritual included listening to an audio clip…
Lenten Devotion–Thurs, Mar 17, 2016–Nena Radtke
Thursday, March 17 “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory forever.” Doxologies are formulations that praise God. So I remember after my husband died being asked if I was mad at God. Ire and praise generally…
Lenten Devotion–Wed., March 16, 2016–Rick Seaholm
Wednesday, March 16 “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory forever.” Another clause in the Lord’s Prayer which requires me to break it down into ordinary speech if I’m to have any chance of grasping its…
Lenten Devotion–Tuesday, March 15, 2016–by Debbie Clark
Tuesday, March 15 “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory forever.” Our Ash Wednesday Soup and Writing Workshop began with six pieces of flip-chart paper taped to the windows in the Susan Dickerman Hall. On each…
Lenten Devotion–Mon, Mar 14, 2016–by Willie Sordillo
Monday, March 14 “For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power and the Glory forever.” For the second time in this short prayer we come up against this problematic word, kingdom. We’ve heard from Debbie about the meaning this word…
Lenten Devotion–Sun, Mar 13, 2016–by Debbie Clark
Sunday, March 13 “And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil” Several times a year, Fran and I load up her car, settle Jeannie in the back seat, and head south–either to Pennsylvania or Virginia or both. …
Lenten Devotion–Sat, Mar 12, 2016–by Rick Seaholm
Saturday, March 12 “And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil” How is it that “temptation” and “evil” end up in the same clause, here? On a daily basis, I feel like the only things that tempt…
Lenten Devotion–Fri, Mar 11, 2016–by Dawn Sorensen
Friday March 11 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil There’s a joke and it goes like this: One day a boy came walking home from school. On the way home he saw a creek. He quickly…