Lent Week 1—Friday Psalm 40 Genesis 40: 1-23 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Mark 2:13-22 I have always loved the story in today’s reading from Mark that depicts Jesus sitting and eating with all the “wrong sorts of people” and scandalizing the establishment. It always makes me think of the saying, “The church… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Lent Week 1—Thursday. Psalm 50 Genesis 39:1-23 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:15 Mark 2:1-12God blessed Potiphar’s house for Joseph’s sake, not for Potiphar necessarily, because he was mostly thinking about his next meal. We know the story. Whatever Joseph did, God made it prosper. Yes, Joseph suffered at the hands of his brothers and Potiphar’s wife, but… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Lent Week 1—WednesdayPsalm 119:49-72 Genesis 37:25-36 1Corinthians 2:1-12 Mark 1:29-45 When the sea comes calling you stop being neighbors,Well acquainted, friendly-at-a-distance neighbors,And you give your house for a coral castle,And you learn to breathe underwater. - From Breathing Under Water by Jared Mackey Whether it is being sold into slavery, healed from leprosy, touched by… Continue reading St. Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
Sister Helen Prejean, the author of the book Dead Man Walking, was once being interviewed, and was asked a question about her own heroes, her own inspirations, in the Christian faith; who might she see as a “model” of faith and forgiveness? “Lloyd LeBlanc,” said Sister Prejean. Lloyd is the father of David LeBlanc, a 17-year-old… Continue reading . . . as we are forgiving those who are trespassing against us.
Lent Week 1—Tuesday Psalm 47 Genesis 37:12-24 1 Corinthians 1:20-31 Mark 1:14-28 John the Baptist, Jesus’ cousin was put in prison. Time to get out of Dodge; after all, it was not yet Jesus’ time to die. Jesus had great courage, something we lack at times, maybe, most of the time.… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Meditations From Our Members
The Carpenter's Nail 