Lent Week Four—Tuesday Psalm 94 Jeremiah 17:1-27 Romans 7:13-25 John 6:16-27 The readings from Psalm 94 and Jeremiah 17 make clear arguments for being on the Lord’s “good side.” To me, the message is: Go it alone, find yourself in a pit of despair; walk with Him, all will be well. It’s a no-brainer choice,… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Lent Week Four—Monday Psalm 89:1-18 Jeremiah 16:10-21 Romans 7:1-12 John 6:1-15 Feeding of the 5,000; the only miracle recorded by all four gospels. What an amazing accomplishment, read by all, going unchallenged…until it was. It was about 50 years ago when our Day School Headmaster offered a point of view that was new to me.… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Monday In The Fourth Week of Lent
Fourth Sunday in Lent Psalm 23 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9: 1-41 John’s Gospel for the Fourth Sunday in Lent calls to think about seeing, blindness, and healing. The young man is literally blind, but “sees”, knows and acknowledges it. He gains his sight, becoming able to physically see, because he trusts that… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Sunday In The Fourth Week of Lent
Lent Week Three—Saturday Psalm 90 Jeremiah13:1-11 Romans 6:12-23 John 8:47-59 The readings today adhere to a theme that is consistent throughout this Lenten season, really throughout the Bible: how to live abundantly and defeat death. The lessons are familiar and pretty simple, yet we humans seem to have such a hard time accepting what God… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Saturday In The Third Week of Lent
Lent Week Three—Friday Psalm 91 Jeremiah 11:1-8, 14-20 Romans 6:1-11 John 8: 33-47 Today’s readings share two major threads—the first, that we are enslaved by sin and doomed to suffer and die in its thrall, the second, that God is our protector and that through Christ we are freed into everlasting life. Of the four… Continue reading St. Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Friday In The Third Week of Lent
The Carpenter's Nail 