I offer to you this Lent some readings from “Merton’s Palace of Nowhere” by James Finley. Dr. Finley is a teacher at the Living School of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque. The Center is led by Fr. Richard Rohr, who is also a Living School teacher. I attended the Living School in . . .
Category: Lenten Devotionals
Renee Soderlund Lenten devotional for March 23, 2022
I am looking forward to participating in the Lenten book study with Pastor Katie. I haven’t started the book yet, but it’s called “Looking for God in Messy Places.” by Jake Owensby. It is a book about Hope, how to find it, practice it, and grow it. Especially now with everything going on in the . . .
Renee Soderlund Lenten devotional for March 22, 2022
I was recently reading an article about resilience and one of the suggested skills to work on was gratitude. This encouraged me to reflect on two things. One is how I integrate gratitude into my life and how I implement it into action. Please take a moment to reflect on ways you can make gratitude . . .
Renee Soderlund Lenten devotional for March 21, 2022
I was recently reading an article about resilience and one of the suggested skills to work on was kindness. This encouraged me to reflect on two things. One is how I integrate kindness into my life and how I implement it into action. Please take a moment to reflect on ways you can make kindness . . .
Renee Soderlund Lenten devotional for March 20, 2022
We have just finished the book “Strength for the Journey: A Pilgrimage of Faith in Community by Diana Butler Bass in the adult/adolescent book study on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. led by Richard Lindeborg. I have found the discussions lively and I have learned from each one of our participants. It is a story . . .
Renee Soderlund Lenten devotional for March 19, 2022
I love the music of Jim Brickman. He plays the piano gloriously and one of my favorites is a CD of his called Faith. Two of those songs remind me of my Lutheran childhood. In Windom, Minnesota we lived across the street from the Lutheran church and every morning they would start worship with “Holy, . . .
Renee Soderlund Lenten devotional for March 18, 2022
I was recently reading an article about resilience and one of the suggested skills to work on was forgiveness. This encouraged me to reflect on two things. One is how hard I have been on myself and in turn hard on others. Please take a moment to reflect on ways you can be easier on . . .
Renee Soderlund Lenten devotional for March 17, 2022
I’ve been part of the teen/adult book study reading “Strength for the Journey: A Pilgrimage of Faith in Community and it has been inspiring. Previously I had been a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California. One of their mission statements was “Wherever you are in your faith journey you are welcome here.” . . .
From Power Over to Power With — Murl Baker Lenten devotional for March 16, 2022
Read Philippians 3:12-14: Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind . . .
From Despair to Joy — Murl Baker Lenten devotional for March 15, 2022
Read Matthew 26:36-40: Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated. Then he said to them, “I am deeply grieved, . . .
