[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. […]

[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: Second Week of Lent John 8:12-30 What can you see when you’re in a pitch-black room with the door closed? If all the light has been blocked out, you won’t even be able to see […]

[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: Second Week of Lent John 7:53-8:11 Do you have a hero? If so, who is it? I could die at any point in the short-term or medium-term future, but tragedies aside I’ll probably live another […]

[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: Second Week of Lent John 7:25-52 Where do you see expressions of unbelief, and what is your response to it? Many people today are familiar with the work of one, or more, of the so-called […]

[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: Second Week of Lent John 7:1-24 Recall a time when you were told (or told others) to “go or dig deeper.” What was the cost and benefit of doing so? Several years ago my family […]

[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: Second Week of Lent John 6:41-71 Have you ever considered abandoning Jesus and if so, what stopped you? Jesus just fed five thousand people with only five loaves and two fish. He then walked on […]

[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: Second Week of Lent John 6:22-40 Do you ever find yourself staring blankly into the fridge, looking for something to satisfy a need, yet not really knowing what it may be? I’ve witnessed this phenomenon […]

[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] Second Sunday of Lent John 6:1-21 How do you feel about taking tests? How do tests help us in our lives and what do they teach us about ourselves? The two stories told in the reading […]

[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: First Week of Lent John 5:30-47 Share a memory or occurrence when you used a paper map to help you navigate. My earliest memory of being lost was when I was six years old. I […]