Jeff Peters

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Tuesday: Fourth Week of Lent John 12:37-50 What are some interesting interactions you’ve had with strangers? It was going to be a three-hour bus ride. I sat down by myself and hoped it would stay that […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Monday: Fourth Week of Lent John 12:20-36 Have you ever predicted something? A boy boldly touted, “Dad. I know which team will win!” His father asked, “Which one?” He said, “The one with the most goals!” […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Fourth Sunday of Lent John 12:1-19 How do you understand the power of the crowd? I write this question in the aftermath of an American election season, which has proved to be as polarizing as any […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Saturday: Third Week of Lent John 11:45-57 How often do you consider God’s plans when executing your plans? Lent is intended to help us reflect on the amazing sacrifice that God planned in order to bring […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Friday: Third Week of Lent John 11:17-44 What do you do when God lets you down? Jesus had let them down! The proof was lying in a stone tomb. Lazarus was dead—and he had been dead […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Thursday: Third Week of Lent John 11:1-16 Have you decided to give up something for the Lent season? If so, what? During Lent people tend to forfeit pleasures or activities to prepare for Easter. Items such […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Wednesday: Third Week of Lent John 10:22-42 Have you ever asked a question of someone, and then didn’t like their answer? Here are a few examples: “What do you think of my new girlfriend?” or “How […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Tuesday: Third Week of Lent John 10:1-21 What do you do when you feel nervous or scared? In John 10, Jesus calls Himself the good shepherd. The “goodness” of the shepherd is defined by the comparison […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Third Week of Lent John 9:1-41 Whose voice do you find yourself listening to? John records that Jesus encounters a man who was well known as being blind from birth. The encounter begins casually with Jesus […]

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] Third Sunday of Lent John 8:31-59 Do you mimic the likes and dislikes of your dad? As a foster parent, it is not uncommon for children to ask my husband if they can call him dad. […]