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Lenten Devotional Series Day 44.  Today’s reading is the Passion according to Luke. Today we enter into the Triduum, also known as the Three Great Days. These are the most holy, solemn, and serious days of the entire Christian year. More than any other season, now is the time for us to seek the Lord…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 43.  Today’s meditation is on the Garden of Gethsemane in Mark 13:32-42. Do you know someone who suffers from chronic pain- whether emotional or physical?  If so, how have you responded to them? When we observe suffering in others, our instincts tell us to avoid it.  Why?  We are driven to…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 42. Today’s lesson is the second half of Mark’s Passion, Mark 15:1-47. Easter is traditionally an important day for baptisms in the life of the church. What better way to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection than to welcome new shareholders in it? And for those being baptized, it makes great sense for one’s…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 40. Today’s meditation is on Jesus’ Triumphal Entry in John 12:12-19. As Jesus entered Jerusalem, John tells us that the crowd met him waving palm branches and singing Psalm 118. Palm Sunday traditions have conditioned us to see this as a Christian worship service. For people in Jesus’ day, however, this was…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 39. Today’s meditation is on Romans 6:20-23. In studying the Ten Commandments, the topic of sin comes up pretty often. Today let’s briefly consider what sin is and what are its consequences.

Lenten Devotional Series Day 38. Today’s meditation is on Romans 6:11-14. In today’s reading, the Apostle Paul says, “Don’t let sin reign.” Does this strike you as unreasonable and absurd? In reading this, I feel as if I have been ordered on a solo mission across the Sahara Desert, with two stipulations: 1) I must…

Lenten Devotional Series Day 37. Today’s meditation is on Luke 12:13-21. It seemed like a fair request. Jesus had been teaching the crowds that, as much as God cares for the sparrows in the world, he cares infinitely more for His people. He even knows the number of hairs on our heads! Surely Jesus would…