Called to DEEP Growth
It is the fifth Sunday of Lent. Today, we ponder the mystery of growth. Jesus compares our faith with a grain of wheat. For a wheat seed to produce more wheat seed it first must die. Only when it is planted in the earth, receives water and warmth can it germinate, sprout, and grow. Jeremiah could only speak of the new thing God would do only after he preached his people into exile. Spiritual growth is step forward into the unfamiliar. It means giving up something familiar and good and satisfying. It frequently means a parting or separation. For us to grow spiritually, we must respond to God in different ways, depending where we are in our stage of life.
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Called to DEEP Healing
It is the fourth Sunday of Lent. Today, we are in the wilderness with the congregation of Israel, on the way to the Promised Land. The journey, however, is long and difficult. Along the way we have poisonous experiences that hurt and traumatize us. They prevent us from looking up and seeing the signs of new life among us. How can going through agony, discomfort, and grief in life be the path to deep healing? How can we look up and experience the deep healing God desires for all of us?
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Called to DEEP Relationships
Today is the third Sunday of Lent. People have many different answers to being Christian and being a Christian community. The people in Corinth disagreed over this question with the Greeks promoting another and Jewish Christians another. Today, many people prefer a gospel that promises health, wealth, success and happiness. We tend to focus on preserving the church as an institution and shift our focus away from the gospel. However, the gospel is about the scandal of the cross. The apostle Paul talks about the cross as a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. It is the wisdom of God.
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