HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
Devotional thoughts for the Lenten season
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Monday, March 10th (This is an excerpt from my memoir, one of my prayerful journal entries written when I had ovarian cancer.) God of my past, present, and future, what would you have me know today? Seeking Karen, Today you… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE, DAY FOUR”
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Friday, March 7th A Reflection on God’s Love(KLW February 2022) Your love is an infinite love.Yet we are unawarethat you are here among usand we lose our expectation –of your presence and your promisethat you will always careand miss your… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE, DAY THREE”
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Thursday, March 6th Our longing for God’s presence opens us to be attentive to the ways God is present to us in everything, everywhere. We begin noticing more of God by first trusting in this truth, that God is here… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE, DAY TWO”
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?Ash Wednesday, March 5th Lent is a season in which we seek more of God’s presence in our lives, a time when we often choose spiritual practices to enhance our awareness of this holy presence. I find a precious, sacred… Continue Reading “LONGING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE, DAY ONE”
INTRODUCTION What you are longing for is longing for you.~ Ralph Marston My Reader Friends, Tomorrow (Saturday) I will be leading a mini retreat here in West Virginia with a group of gracious folks who are gathering for a morning of prayer and reflection.… Continue Reading “WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? THE HOLY LONGINGS OF LENT”
EASTER SUNDAY, March 31st Follow Jesus… What a wondrous experience this must have been! The two grieving women visit the tomb on that early morning after the Sabbath, only to encounter a dazzling angel who tells them that Jesus is not there–he has been… Continue Reading “21. THE BEST VERSION OF MYSELF: RISE”
HOLY SATURDAY VIGIL, March 30th Follow Jesus… Jesus will spend three days “in the heart of the earth” as this passage describes. Between Jesus’ death on Good Friday until his resurrection on Easter Sunday, we wait… Holy Saturday is a liminal time of quiet… Continue Reading “20. THE BEST VERSION OF MYSELF: DESCEND”
GOOD FRIDAY, March 29th Read Luke 23:32-34 (copied below). Follow Jesus… Jesus is slowly, painfully, dying on the cross. He has been placed between two criminals, left naked and abandoned by many, and is taunted by the ones who remain. And yet he prays,… Continue Reading “19. THE BEST VERSION OF MYSELF: FORGIVE”
MAUNDY THURSDAY, March 28th Read John 13:3-17 (copied below). Follow Jesus… After dinner with his disciples on that evening we now call Maundy Thursday, Jesus sets an example for all of us. He ties a towel around himself, pours water into a basin, then… Continue Reading “18. THE BEST VERSION OF MYSELF: SERVE”