by Communications | Mar 28, 2020 | Lent 2020 |
Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, 2020This week’s reading: John 11:1–45“Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and you are going there again?”“Are there not twelve hours of...
by Communications | Mar 27, 2020 | Lent 2020 |
Friday, March 27, 2020“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”“And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.” —Jesus and the Man Born Blind (John 9:36)Jesus seeks out the Man Born Blind after he is kicked out of his community. Have you ever felt rejected? Who...
by Communications | Mar 26, 2020 | Lent 2020 |
Thursday, March 26, 2020“I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to be his disciples?” The Man Born Blind, to the Pharisees (John 9:35) Have you ever spoken about Jesus with someone who does not believe—and...
by Communications | Mar 25, 2020 | Lent 2020 |
Wednesday, March 25, 2020“Where is he?” —the Pharisees, to the Man Born Blind (John 9:12) The Pharisees ask the Man Born Blind to take them to Jesus—but not because they believe. Today, what might be the wrong reason to come to church, or to look for God? Wednesday...
by Communications | Mar 24, 2020 | Lent 2020 |
Tuesday, March 24, 2020“Then the Pharisees began to ask him how he had received his sight.” (John 9:15) In this story, the Pharisees use their questions to interrogate, harm, and disbelieve; and they point all these accusations at the Man Born Blind.Have you ever felt...
by Communications | Mar 23, 2020 | Lent 2020 |
Monday, March 23, 2020“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” —The neighbors, about the Man Born Blind (John 9:8) Certainly the neighbors would have known and recognized this man who they often saw begging. When Jesus healed him, though, he changed so much as...