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We All Need Help
Think about the loneliest, most isolated person you know. Text, email or call that person today and check up on him/her. Click here for today’s reading: Matthew 7:7-12 Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets. It’s so obvious, and yet sometimes it’s so hard to want for others what we want for ourselves. My favorite example is this. On a freeway, somebody goes speeding past us and down the road. The person gets pulled over. How many times have we thought or said: “Good. He deserved it.” Ah, but what about the time we were in a hurry…
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Taking Small Steps to a Better You
How about 1 hour today without internet, social media, etc… You choose the hour. During that hour say a special prayer for the Christians displaced from the Nineveh Plains. Click here for today’s readings: Jonah 3:1-10 When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil that He had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out. Jonah, the whale, Nineveh, the king. Today, don’t worry about Jonah and the whale, but Jonah the preacher of repentance. He preached and Nineveh listened – even the king who led the way. No one is exempt from Lent’s call…
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Jesus Teaches Us to Pray
Say a short prayer about something you care about (two tweets worth). If it isn’t too sensitive and personal, maybe you could post two tweets. It might help somebody else. Click here for today’s reading. Matthew 6:7-15 “Don’t babble like the pagans…This how you are to pray: Our Father who art in heaven…” Did you know the Our Father is about two tweets long. Maybe the reason God wanted us to be short in our words to Him is because he wanted to make sure we left time for him to speak to us. When at a loss for words, use the Our Father. When using our own, keep it…
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What does HOLY mean?
Write down the first three words that come to mind when you think of the word holy. Are the words about God, me, or someone else? Think about them for 5 minutes. What do these words mean to you? Do any of these words apply to people you know, who you think are holy? What can we do to be more holy people? Click here for today’s reading: “Speak to the whole Assembly… and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God am holy.” Holiness means hanging enough with God to let God’s ways and perspective rub off on us. But God’s a sneaky one. If we hang…
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Help Others – Feed the Hungry
Take a look at today’s reading: The first reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah 58:7 asks to bestow your bread on the hungry. Check out the list of food pantries: volunteer, bring some food, say hello to a hungry neighbor in line. Lots to think about and do: “repairing the breach; delighting in the Sabbath; following Jesus; hanging out with sinners.” Plenty to do today, but these are too many for one day – and somewhat complex. We’re going to borrow some of these for another Lenten day.