Author: Pastor Deborah

Lent Online #5

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labyrinth

Welcome to Lent Online!  If this is your first visit, please make time to look at weeks 1-4 as well (click on Lenten Devotional tab and scroll down).  Each week we have explored a different prayer practice… examen, confession, empathetic prayer, dialogue prayer.  Today we encounter prayer walking.  The image of the labyrinth (ancient prayer walk) above reminds us of the journey of prayer we are sharing during this Lenten season.

–Your Lent Online Partners:  Rev. Jennifer Barchi, Rev. Ron Hankins, Rev. Deborah McEachran

Week Five

Prepare:  Put aside any concerns about work or home.  Turn off the electronics.  Find a quiet, comfortable place to be.  Agree with God that you will spend _________ minutes together.

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Prayer-walking in essence, is going on the offensive within one’s own community and environment though intercessory “On-Site – On the Spot” praying, Continue reading “Lent Online #5” →

Sermon: Hunting for the Kingdom–in a violent world?

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Mark 12:1-12               The memorial tied to a pole has weathered more than 4 seasons.  The mylar balloon is crumpled and hanging down instead of floating upward.  The stuffed bear is dirty and missing an eye.  No one wants to take it down.  It marks a sacred spot.  A spot where one human being took the life of another human being.  A spot that serves as a constant reminder of violence, visible and invisible.  Beneath acts of visible violence lie the ongoing processes of structural violence Continue reading “Sermon: Hunting for the Kingdom–in a violent world?” →