March 14th, 2010
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Sunday’s Reflection
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER is never out of order. When the one speaking this truth does so from a position of social powerlessness all the power rests with the truth.
- Ian Lynch
Alive Now
From p. 19 of Alive Now, January/February 2010. Copyright © 2010 The Upper Room. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this magazine.
Today’s Question
When have you seen truth empower someone? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
The Lord says, “I will teach you the way you should go; I will instruct you and advise you.”
- Psalm 32:8, GNT
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who work for equal rights. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Lenten Disciplines? Read Simplicity: A Lenten Path.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Harriet Tubman (March 10).
- Lectionary Readings:
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March 13th, 2010
Saturday’s Reflection
HELP US TO REMEMBER the awesome power resident in your Word, gracious God. We cannot journey effectively outside the encouragement and the accountability present in every text. Amen.
- Derek Maul
The Unmaking of a Part-Time Christian
From p. 109 in The Unmaking of a Part-Time Christian. Copyright © 2009 The Upper Room. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
What are your Bible-reading habits? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21, GNT
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who work for equal rights. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Lenten Disciplines? Read Simplicity: A Lenten Path.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Harriet Tubman (March 10).
- Lectionary Readings:
-
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March 12th, 2010
Friday’s Reflection
WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE the truth of God with you in your workplace, you can become an empowering manager.
- Patricia Wilson
The Mindful Manager: The God Factor at Work
From p. 184 of The Mindful Manager: The God Factor at Work. Copyright © 2009 Patricia Wilson. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
How is God present with you at work? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
When [the prodigal son] was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him.
- Luke 15:20, The Message
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who work for equal rights. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Lenten Disciplines? Read Simplicity: A Lenten Path.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Harriet Tubman (March 10).
- Lectionary Readings:
-
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March 11th, 2010
Thursday’s Reflection
WHEN WE LIVE from and then out of the life of Jesus, we challenge the world.
- Garrit Scott Dawson
Weavings
From p. 43 of Weavings, Vol. XXV, No. 2. Copyright © 2010 The Upper Room. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Give Christ thanks for the changes he has made in your world. Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
God—you’re my God!… If I’m sleepless at midnight, I spend the hours in grateful reflection.
- Psalm 63:1, 6, The Message
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who work for equal rights. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Lenten Disciplines? Read Simplicity: A Lenten Path.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Harriet Tubman (March 10).
- Lectionary Readings:
-
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March 10th, 2010
Wednesday’s Reflection
RENEW ME, O GOD, by your far-reaching grace. Restore me, O God, to your life-giving truth that the kingdom, power, and glory are yours at this moment, on this day, for all time. Amen.
- Pamela Hawkins
The Awkward Season: Prayers for Lent
From p. 84 of The Awkward Season: Prayers for Lent. Copyright ©: 2009 by Pamela Hawkins. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Pray the prayer from The Awkward Season quoted above. Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
The Lord says, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
- Isaiah 55:9, NIV
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who work for equal rights. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Lenten Disciplines? Read Simplicity: A Lenten Path.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Harriet Tubman (March 10).
- Lectionary Readings:
-
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March 9th, 2010
Tuesday’s Reflection
CHRIST, who was able to face the cross, can give you the strength to face anything and to share his strength with others.
- Vivian Bright
Stepping Out on Your Own: Devotions for High School Graduates
From p. 126 of Stepping Out on Your Own: Devotions for High School Graduates. Copyright © 2010 by Upper Room Books. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Who have you helped make stronger because of the strength of Christ in you? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
In your generous love [God] I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains.
- Psalm 63:3, The Message
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who work for equal rights. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Lenten Disciplines? Read Simplicity: A Lenten Path.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Harriet Tubman (March 10).
- Lectionary Readings:
-
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March 8th, 2010
Monday’s Reflection
THERE IS NO WOUND WITHOUT PAIN, and no pain without anger. And that anger, whether buried or exploded, is what we must learn to pay attention to and to pray if we are to offer the whole self to God.
- Kent Ira Groff
Anger: Minding Your Passions
From p. 71 of Anger: Minding Your Passion © 2010 by Fresh Air Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Are you comfortable sharing your anger with God? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
“My thoughts,” says the Lord, “are not like yours, and my ways are different from yours.”
- Isaiah 55:8, GNT
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who work for equal rights. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- Lenten Disciplines? Read Simplicity: A Lenten Path.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Harriet Tubman (March 10).
- Lectionary Readings:
-
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March 7th, 2010
Third Sunday in Lent
Today’s Reflection
IN DESERT dryness, a struggle for life, survival in a barren land. God speaks against the desert of dishonor, of ritual and rule and rote, with no Spirit. And God speaks for true worship and life flourishing –- with justice pervasive as splashing mountain waters, with righteousness flowing as neverending streams.
From p. 64 of ALIVE NOW, July/August 2004, “Out of the Wilderness” by Roberta Porter. Copyright (c) 2004 by The Upper Room. Used by permission of The Upper Room(R). Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Describe an experience of true worship of God. Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
The Lord says, “Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life!”
- Isaiah 55:3, GNT
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who give of themselves for others. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- These days, many of us are struggling with hard times. Read, reflect, and pray: Meditation for Hard Times.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Katherine Drexel (March 03).
- Lectionary Readings:
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Today’s Reflection
BY PRAYING with every part of who we are, we allow the grace that pours from the well of living water to trickle through all aspects of our being, nourishing and hydrating that which was parched and dis-eased.
- Daniel Wolpert
Creating a Life with God: The Call of Ancient Prayer Practices
From p. 159 of CREATING A LIFE WITH GOD: The Call of Ancient Prayer Practices by Daniel Wolpert. Copyright (c) 2003 by Daniel Wolpert. Used by permission of The Upper Room(R). All Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Spend five more minutes with God in prayer today. Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
I’m asking God for one thing, only one thing: to live with him in his house my whole life long.
- Psalm 27:4, The Message
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March 6th, 2010
Saturday’s Reflection
TO BE HUMAN means living a life of ups and downs, experiencing the full range of emotions from great joy to great sorrow. To resist sorrow, pain, anxiety, and confusion is tantamount to refusing to be human, and we lose much rich experience and closeness to God when we refuse to be our full selves.
- Sarah Parsons
A Clearing Season: Reflections for Lent
From p. 18 of A Clearing Season: Reflections for Lent by Sarah Parsons. Copyright (C) 2005 by Sarah Parsons. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Share with God exactly how you feel right now. Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13, The Message
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who give of themselves for others. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- These days, many of us are struggling with hard times. Read, reflect, and pray: Meditation for Hard Times.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Katherine Drexel (March 03).
- Lectionary Readings:
-
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March 5th, 2010
Friday’s Reflection
WE WALK AND WORK, we choose and hope–now. In this moment, in this place. While hope keeps its eyes on the future, hope also keeps feet planted firmly on the ground and hands thick in the mix of life lived now. Why? Because the journey begins here.
- John Indermark
Hope: It’s More Than Wishful Thinking
From p. 80 of Hope: It’s More Than Wishful Thinking Copyright © 2010 by Fresh Air Books. Used with Permission. All Rights Reserved. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
What do you hope for? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Let me see you [God] in the sanctuary; let me see how mighty and glorious you are.
- Psalm 63:2, GNT
Follow a Lenten path of prayer at www.theawkwardseason.com.
This Week …
- Special Need:
- This Week: Pray for people who give of themselves for others. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
- Tips for Your Spirit:
- These days, many of us are struggling with hard times. Read, reflect, and pray: Meditation for Hard Times.
- Saints, Inc.:
- This week we remember Katherine Drexel (March 03).
- Lectionary Readings:
-
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