Cross Blind Lectionary 13 March 2016 Fifth Sunday in Lent Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 Text to Life Nothing brings back more vivid, pungent memories like a remembered scent. Forget auditory or visual playbacks. A familiar smell has the...
The Breastplate Prayer of St. Patrick I arise todayThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,Through the belief in the threeness,Through the confession of the onenessOf the Creator of Creation.I arise todayThrough the strength of Christ’s birth with...
Does your preaching light a candle of hope in another person’s heart? That’s the question for this week in Lent. Some preaching can merely inform, instruct, or serve as moral guidance. But does your preaching bring light into another person’s life, where formerly...
Three Books for Lent We are well into Lent, the season in the church year which focuses our attention on Jesus’ final earthly days, especially his Passion, which Wikipedia describes this way: “In Christianity, the Passion (from Late Latin: passionem...
If you’ve ever had a conversation about scripture and worship, you’ve heard or used the phrase “the Psalms are the hymn book of the Bible.” Although we all know this phrase, the reality is that most churches never sing the Psalms . . . well, except for maybe Ps 46 (Be...
